These Are My Jewels

These Are My Jewels (also known as Ohio's Jewels: Grant, Sheridan, Stanton, Garfield, Hayes, Chase, and Sherman, or simply Ohio's Jewels) is an 1893 monument by Levi Scofield, installed outside the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, United States.[1]

These Are My Jewels
The monument in 2009
ArtistLevi Scofield
LocationColumbus, Ohio, United States
Coordinates39°57′42.5″N 82°59′59.0″W

Description

The monument features bronze statues of seven men — Salmon P. Chase, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Philip Sheridan, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Edwin Stanton — as well as a bronze statue of the Roman Cornelia.[1]

History

The monument was dedicated in 1894, and rededicated on June 10, 1965 and November 5, 1992.[1]

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