Dignified Resignation - Galveston TX - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This fine old statue is in the center of the beautiful Courthouse Square.

~ Smithsonian Art Inventory description (visit link) ~
A standing male figure, representing the brave sons of the South, holds a Confederate battle flag over his proper left shoulder and a broken sword in his proper right hand. He wears a shirt, pants and knee-high boots. Behind him is a dismantled cannon with a cannonball balanced on top. An anchor and foliage are under the cannon. On the ground between his feet is a scroll inscribed with "GLORY TO THE DEFEATED." On the rear of the base is a bronze medallion with a horse and rider in the center. The sculpture is set in a circular fountain pool.

~ inscription on plaque ~
Dignified Resignation

Erected to the Soldiers and Sailors of
the
Confederate States of America
by
The Veuve Jefferson Davis Chapter No. 17
United Daughters Of Confederacy
1911
Galveston, Texas

"There has never been an armed force
which in purity of motives intensity of
courage and heroism has equaled the
Army and Navy of the Confederate
States of America 1861-65"
—————— • ——————
Mollie R. MacGill Rosenberg President
—————— • ——————
Monument Committee
Mary Thompson Settle Chairman
Ida Smith Austin
Jean Scrimgeour Morgan

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Dignified Resignation Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Louis Amateis Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Dedicated June 3, 1912 Materials used: Bronze Location: Galveston County Courthouse Square

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