Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it …
Statue of John Lewis Replaces a Confederate Memorial in Georgia
WEBAug 18, 2024 · The 12-foot-tall bronze statue of the civil rights leader was commissioned after Mr. Lewis died in 2020. It stands where a Confederate memorial was erected in 1908.
Statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old …
WEBAug 17, 2024 · A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more...
A John Lewis statue will replace a former Confederate monument in ... - NPR
WEBAug 18, 2024 · A large bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and politician Rep. John Lewis was installed last week in Decatur, Ga., where a monument to the Confederacy was removed in 2020.
Statue of Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Replaces Confederate …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · The new 12-foot-tall bronze statue depicts Lewis with his hands over his heart—“a gesture he used to express love to others,” as Decaturish ’s Zoe Seiler wrote last year. The artwork starkly...
John Lewis statue replaces Confederate monument in Atlanta | CNN
WEBAug 24, 2024 · CNN — A statue honoring civil rights hero and US Congressman John Lewis was unveiled Saturday outside of Atlanta, replacing a Confederate monument that had stood there for more than a century....
Bronze statue of John Lewis Replaces Confederate Monument in …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed in Decator, Georgia on Friday. The statue was meant as a replacement for a...
A statue honoring John Lewis will replace a former Confederate …
WEBAug 18, 2024 · A large bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and politician Rep. John Lewis was installed last week in Decatur, Ga., where a monument to the Confederacy was removed in 2020.
John Lewis statue replaces century-old ... - The Washington Post
WEBAug 18, 2024 · A statue of civil rights icon John Lewis replaced a Confederate memorial in Decatur, Georgia. The sculpture, created by Basil Watson, goes public Aug. 24.
Statue of late civil rights icon John Lewis will be erected in his ...
WEBDec 31, 2022 · A statue of the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis will now keep watch over a site in his former Georgia congressional district which once held a monument to the Confederacy.
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