'Fame' Confederate Memorial - Salisbury, NC
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fatcat161
N 35° 40.100 W 080° 28.261
17S E 547875 N 3947291
The Confederate Memorial statue 'Fame' is located on the island on W. Innes St. at the intersection of Church St.
Waymark Code: WM6FTD
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2009
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The Confederate Memorial statue of 'Fame,' the winged muse, holding a fallen soldier was dedicated in 1909 by the Hoke Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The sister statue to Salisbury's Confederate monument stands on Mount Royal Street in Baltimore and was dedicated in 1903. It is different from Salisbury's monument in that the soldier carries a furled flag, not a broken gun. This monument was dedicated in the presence of Mrs. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and 162 surviving Rowan County CSA veterans.
The statue was cast in Brussels, Belgium at the H. Luppens & Co. Foundry. It was created by sculptor, Frederic Wellington Ruckstuhl.
In late 1990 and early 1991, Karkadoulias Bronze Art Co. in Cincinnati cleaned, repaired and brightened the pair.
The inscriptions are as follows:
"In memory of Rowan's Confederal soldiers
That their heroic deeds sublime sacrifice
and undying devotion to duty and country
may never be forgotten
1861-1865"
"They gave their lives and their fortunes for constitutional liberty and state sovereingty in obedience to the teachings of the fathers who framed the Constitution and established The Union of these States"
"Soldiers of The Confederacy
Fame has given you an imperishable crown
History will record your daring valor noble sufferings and matchless achievements
to the honor and glory of our land"
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/09/1909
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: United Daughters of The Confederacy, Hoke Chaper
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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