Four Southern Poets Monument

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
Year1913 (1913)
MediumGranite sculpture
LocationAugusta, Georgia, United States
Coordinates33°28′23.11″N 81°57′56.45″W

Description and history

The 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 are from 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]

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See also

References
  1. "Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXI". Nashville, Tennessee: Sumner Archibald Cunningham. 1913 – via Google Books.
  2. "Poets' Monument, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  3. Lee, Joseph M. (20 September 1997). "Augusta: A Postcard History". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
  4. "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. Retrieved September 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "MONUMENT TO SOUTH'S POETS ERECTED BY MRS E. W. COLE". The Tennessean. April 13, 1913. p. 19. Retrieved September 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Monument to Southern Poets Presented to City of Augusta". The Atlanta Constitution. May 11, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved September 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Knight, Lucian Lamar (1913). Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends. Atlanta, Georgia: Byrd Print. Co. pp. 955–958. OCLC 35550608 – via Internet Archive.
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