Category Archives: Save Outdoor Sculpture

-Mississippi, Cemeteries, Save Outdoor Sculpture

Louis Winston marker in Natchez City Cemetery-Natchez, Mississippi

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Louis Winston (1844-1918) was born in Natchez. He served mainly as a lawyer, but he also served as a police officer and toll collector. He was a prominent Black lawyer in the Natchez and Greenville areas.

Winston founded the Colored Building and Loan Association, which helped finance the purchases of homes for African Americans. He was also the manager of the Mississippi Cooperative and Benefit Association.

The Woodmen of the Union honored Winston as their founder by commissioning the bronze bust on his tombstone. Winston died in 1918. Black artist Isaac Scott Hathaway sculpted the bust. It is listed on the Save Our Sculptures database that the Smithsonian manages.

-Louisiana, Cemeteries, National Register of Historic Places, Save Outdoor Sculpture, Symbolism

The Morales-Arlington Tomb at Metairie Cemetery, Louisiana

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Josie Arlington was a well-known madam in New Orleans. Before her death, she purchased this plot in Metairie Cemetery and commissioned to have this tomb built. Upon her death, she was briefly interred and then removed to an unknown burial plot when her family fought over her estate.

Jose Morales, a local lawyer, bought the tomb for his wife and children. This stirred controversy among community members, and her tomb attracted attention. At one point, a red light was installed close to her tomb and it looked like the tomb was on fire. The light was later removed.

To date, the Metairie staff have not revealed where Josie is buried.

This tomb and sculpture are listed as part of the Smithsonian’s Save our Sculpture! project and is listed on the Inventory of American Sculpture.

-Georgia, Cemeteries, Save Outdoor Sculpture

Pennsylvania Monument-Andersonville, Georgia

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Sumter County

Sculpted by Sigvald Asbjornsen and painted by James E. Taylor, the Pennsylvania monument in Andersonville National Cemetery was installed and dedicated in 1905.

Inside the arch, there are three plaques. Two serve as dedication plaques. The other depicts the Providence Spring, which was the only water supply that prisoners had access to in the overcrowded camp.

-Georgia, Cemeteries, National Register of Historic Places, Save Outdoor Sculpture

New York Monument, Georgia

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Andersonville, Sumter County

Andersonville National Cemetery is the only park in the National Park System to serve as a memorial to all American prisoners of war. Andersonville was the location of a Confederate Prisoner of
War Campsite. Over 45,000 Union soldiers were held captive here.

After the Civil War, Union states wanted to honor these POWs at Andersonville, so they commissioned monuments to be made.

The New York Monument was sculpted by Roland Perry and Louis Gudebrod. It was installed in 1911 and dedicated in 1914.

The front reads,

New York. This monument erected by the patriotism, sacrifices, and fortitude of about nine thousand New York soldier of the Union armies in the War of the Rebellion who were confined in the Confederate States Military Prison at Andersonville, Georgia, of whom twenty-two and sixty-one are known to have died in the prison and were buried in this cemetary [sic].

This monument is listed on the Smithsonian Save Outdoor Sculpture database.

-Georgia, Cemeteries, Save Outdoor Sculpture

The Hiker of ’98 Monument-Albany, Georgia

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Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia

Inspired by The Hiker sculpted by Allen George Newman which honors the American soldiers who took “long hikes in steaming jungles” during the Boxer Rebellion, the Spanish-American War, and the Philippine-American War.

There are over 40 sculptures and reliefs commemorating these soldiers. Georgia is home to eight of them. This one can be found in Riverside Cemetery in Albany, Georgia.

Created by the Lamb Seal and Stencil Company, this monument is listed on the Smithsonian’s Save Outdoor Sculpture database. The plaque reads, “You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined.”

-Georgia, Cemeteries, Save Outdoor Sculpture, Symbolism

Captain John Triplett monument-Thomasville, Georgia

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Thomas County

Titled Judgment, this marker sits in the area called Soldier’s Circle in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, Georgia. At the base rests a slab marker for Captain John Triplett (1936-1914), who was a long time editor of the Times-Enterprise in Thomasville.

Designed and sculpted by Robert Reid, this marker is listed on the Smithsonian’s Save Our Sculpture database.