The Four Southern Poets Monument, also known as the Monument to Southern Poets and Poets' Monument,[1][2] is a granite monument in Augusta, Georgia, in the United States.
| Four Southern Poets Monument | |
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| Year | 1913 |
| Medium | Granite sculpture |
| Location | Augusta, Georgia, United States |
| 33°28′23.11″N 81°57′56.45″W / 33.4730861°N 81.9656806°W | |
Description and history
editThe memorial was unveiled in April 1913 and commemorates Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886), Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), James Ryder Randall (1839–1908), and Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886).[1][3] All four poets lived in Georgia and loosely associated with the Confederate States of America.
The monument was donated by Anna Russell Cole, the wife of Confederate veteran and railroad executive Edmund William Cole of Nashville, Tennessee,[3] "as a memorial to her father", Henry F. Russell, who was the first Democratic mayor of Augusta after the Civil War.[4][5] According to The Tennessean, it was also meant as "a memorial to the men who have preserved the gallantry and chivalry of the Old South in the lyric sweetness of their songs."[5]
The monument was made by the Tennessee Granite & Marble Company.[2] Its dedication on April 28, 1913 was attended by a thousand people, including Mrs Cole, Augusta's mayor, and James Hampton Kirkland, the chancellor of Vanderbilt University, who gave a speech.[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXI". Nashville, Tennessee: Sumner Archibald Cunningham. 1913. Archived from the original on 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2017-09-20 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Poets' Monument, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ a b Lee, Joseph M. (20 September 1997). Augusta: A Postcard History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780752409429. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "MAGNIFICENT MONUMENT TO SOUTHERN POETS ERECTED IN AUGUSTA, GA., BY MRS E.W. COLE, AS IT STANDS TODAY". The Tennessean. May 11, 1913. p. 27. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "MONUMENT TO SOUTH'S POETS ERECTED BY MRS E. W. COLE". The Tennessean. April 13, 1913. p. 19. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Monument to Southern Poets Presented to City of Augusta". The Atlanta Constitution. May 11, 1913. p. 3. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Knight, Lucian Lamar (1913). Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends. Atlanta, Georgia: Byrd Print. Co. pp. 955–958. OCLC 35550608 – via Internet Archive.
