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 David Crockett Monument - Lawrenceburg, TN Posted by:  YoSam.
N 35° 14.433 W 087° 20.114
16S E 469499 N 3899771
He really did hate "Davy" and no one listened.
Waymark Code: WMTZFX
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2017
Views: 0
County of statue: Lawrence County
Location of statue: Public Square, Lawrenceburg
Sculptor Unknown
Carver: Georgia Granite Corporation
Erection: W. M. Dean Marble Company, contractor
Manufacturer: Granite Monumental Company
Date erected: 1922
Monument text:
(front - south): ERECTED BY GIFT OF
THE PEOPLE AND
THE LEGISLATURE
OF TENNESSEE,
TO THE MEMORY OF
COL. DAVID. CROCKETT.
BORN IN EAST TENNESSEE
AUG. 17TH, 1786.
AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR
TEXAS LIBERTY AMID
THE SMOKING WALLS
OF THE "ALAMO"
SUNDAY MORNING
MARCH 8TH, 1836.
(Proper Right - west): Path-Finder, Pioneer,
Hunter, Patriot
Statesman and Soldier
His Fame Is Immortal
With The Story Of
His State, and The
Glory of His Death.
"Thermopylae had its
Messenger of Defeat,
The Alamo Had None."
(Rear- north): Be Sure You Are Right,
Then Go Ahead."
DAVY CROCKETT.
State Aid and Gifts
Secured by
SEN. C.C. Kelley.
Committee
Robt. B. Williams,
C. C. Kelley,
John C. Crews.
ERECTED 1922 BY/W. M. DEAN MARBLE CO./COLUMBIA, TN.
(Proper Left - east): Justice of the Peace
For Lawrence County
1818.
Member of the First
Commission of
Lawrenceburg, 1819.
Represented Lawrence
and Hickman Counties
in the State
Legislature 1821-22.
Congressman From
West Tennessee,
1827-1831, 1833-1835.
Proper Description: Standing male figure holds rifle in proper left hand, right hand is raised and extended out, holding hat. Around waist is a satchel and a horn. ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
TITLE: David Crockett Monument
ARTIST(S): Unknown
DATE: 1922
MEDIUM: Bronze sculpture on an Elberton blue granite base
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TN000005
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Courthouse Square Park, former courthouse site, circle at ends of Military Ave & Waterloo St. & Pulaski St., Lawrenceburg, TN
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
small transcription of text where writer assumed text to be modern.
Such as: ...Born Aug. 17th, 1786...is what is actually on monument. "Path-Finder, not Pathfinder, and many punctuation errors
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