The North Carolina Monument is a North Carolina memorial of the American Civil War commemorating the 32 Carolina regiments in action at the

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. The monument is a public artwork by

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sculptor

Gutzon Borglum John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georg ...

located on Seminary Ridge, West Confederate Avenue, in the

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Description

Surrounded by

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trees (the North Carolina state flower), the monument features figures of

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

infantrymen advancing during Pickett's Charge, where fifteen infantry regiments from North Carolina participated and suffered heavy casualties. One man kneels injured on the ground, pointing towards the enemy with his proper left hand while two men wield guns and look forward. A fourth man holds a flag in both hands as he glances forward. The sculpture is signed "Gutzon Borglum 1929 (illegible) AKUNST FDY NYC". The back of the base is inscribed: "NORTH CAROLINA".

History

A 1913

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veterans presented a monument proposal after visiting the

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, and after

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, the North Carolina United Daughters of the Confederacy and Governor Angus McLean continued the planning in 1927. with a commission visiting the battlefield on September 28, 1926. (original formats
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Borglum designed the monument in Texa

and posed the Confederate flag#The Confederate Flag, Confederate flag designer (Orren Smith) as the flag bearer, while the other soldiers were sculpted from photographs of posed Confederate soldiers. Postponed from May 192

the US Navy and 6th Field Artillery bands played at the monument's dedicationon July 3, 192

By 1949, a glass-faced display at the sit

and a wooden marker for the site was cut down by vandals in 195

President Kennedy left his car to visit the monument in April 196

prior to the rededication on the 100th anniversary. After a 1985 restoration required lifting by helicopte

for shipment to Cincinnat

a fence was added in 1993; and after the 1995 Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey reported the sculpture needed treatment, the monument was rehabilitated in 1999.

Images

Image:15 23 0309 gettysburg nc.jpg, Detail of inscription at North Carolina Monument Image:15 23 0318 gettysburg nc.jpg, North Carolina Monument (side view)

References

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