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Confederate Monument (Oxford, Mississippi)
The Confederate Monument in Oxford, Mississippi is installed on the University of Mississippi campus. It was designed by John Stinson and installed in 1907. The monument was relocated from a prominent spot on the campus to a secluded Civil War cemetery in 2020. See also * 1907 in art Events from the year 1907 in art involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * February 7 – Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen marries Clive Bell. * September – A cast of G. F. Watts' sculpture ''Physical Energy (sculpture), Physical Energy' ... * List of Confederate monuments and memorials in Mississippi References 1907 establishments in Mississippi 1907 sculptures Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Mississippi Outdoor sculptures in Mississippi Buildings and structures at the University of Mississippi {{US-sculpture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. The Mississippi Legislature chartered the university on February 24, 1844, and four years later it admitted its first 80 students. During the Civil War, the university operated as a Confederate hospital and narrowly avoided destruction by Ulysses S. Grant's forces. In 1962, during the civil rights movement, a race riot occurred on campus when segregationists tried to prevent the enrollment of African American student James Meredith. The university has since taken measures to improve its image. The university is closely associated with writer William Faulkner, and owns and manages his former Oxford home Rowan Oak, which with other on-campus sites Barnard Observatory and Lyceum–The Circle Historic District, is listed on the National Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford, Mississippi
Oxford is a city and college town in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Oxford lies 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Lafayette County. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British city of Oxford. The University of Mississippi, also known as "Ole Miss" is located adjacent to the city. Purchasing the land from a Chickasaw, pioneers founded Oxford in 1837. In 1841, the Mississippi State Legislature selected it as the site of the state's first university, Ole Miss. Oxford is also the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner, and served as the inspiration for his fictional Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, who served as a US Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of the Interior, also lived and is buried in Oxford. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 25,416. History Oxford and Lafayette County were formed from lands ceded by the Chickasaw people in the Treaty of Pontotoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 In Art
Events from the year 1907 in art involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * February 7 – Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen marries Clive Bell. * September – A cast of G. F. Watts' sculpture ''Physical Energy (sculpture), Physical Energy'' is erected posthumously in Kensington Gardens in London. * Henri Matisse begins to teach at the ''Académie Matisse'' in Paris, a private and non-commercial art school. * Adolphe Valette joins the staff of Manchester Municipal School of Art. * Kunsthalle Mannheim designed by Hermann Billing to serve an International Art Exhibition. * The Burnham Plan of Chicago, Chicago Plan is produced by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett, and illustrated by Jules Guerin. * Bernard Berenson publishes ''North Italian Painters of the Renaissance''. * Cadmium Red pigment first produced, in Germany. Exhibitions * October 1–27 – Salon d'Automne, Paris. Georges Braque exhibits ''Viaduc à l'Estaque'', a Proto-Cubism, proto-Cubist work which later enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Confederate Monuments And Memorials In Mississippi
Note: This is a sublist of List of Confederate monuments and memorials from the Mississippi section. This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials in Mississippi that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War, these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other observances, and the names of schools, roads, parks, bridges, counties, cities, lakes, dams, military bases, and other public works. This list does not include figures connected with the origins of the Civil War or white supremacy, but not with the Confederacy. Monuments and memorials There are at least 131 public spaces with Confederate monuments in Mississippi. State capitol * Confederate Monument, Mississippi Department of Archives and History Building, dedicated June 1891. In front of the Old Capitol Museum. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
