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===Monuments=== [[File:Stone mountain closeup mosaic crop.jpg|thumb|right|150px|<div class="center">[[Jefferson Davis]], Lee, and Stonewall Jackson<br/> at [[Stone Mountain#Carving|Stone Mountain]]</div>]] [[File:1890 Lee statue unveiling.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Unveiling of the Equestrian Statue of Robert E. Lee, May 29, 1890. Richmond, Virginia.]] *Since it was built in 1884, the most prominent monument in [[New Orleans]] has been a {{convert|60|ft|m|0|sing=on}}-tall monument to General Lee. A sixteen and a half foot statue of Lee stands tall upon a towering column of white marble in the middle of [[Lee Circle]]. The statue of Lee, which weighs more than 7,000 pounds, faces the North. Lee Circle is situated along New Orleans' famous [[St. Charles Avenue]]. The [[Streetcars in New Orleans|New Orleans streetcars]] roll past Lee Circle and New Orleans' best [[New Orleans Mardi Gras|Mardi Gras]] parades go around Lee Circle (the spot is so popular that bleachers are set up annually around the perimeter for Mardi Gras). Around the corner from Lee Circle is New Orleans' Confederate Museum, which contains the second largest collection of Confederate memorabilia in the world.<ref>{{cite web | title = History of Confederate Memorial Hall | publisher = [[Confederate Memorial Hall]] | url = http://www.confederatemuseum.com | accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref> In a tribute to Lee Circle (which had formerly been known as Tivoli Circle), former Confederate soldier [[George Washington Cable]] wrote: ::"In Tivoli Circle, New Orleans, from the centre and apex of its green flowery mound, an immense column of pure white marble rises in the ... majesty of Grecian proportions high up above the city's house-tops into the dazzling sunshine ... On its dizzy top stands the bronze figure of one of the worlds greatest captains. He is alone. Not one of his mighty lieutenants stand behind, beside or below him. His arms are folded on that breast that never knew fear, and his calm, dauntless gaze meets the morning sun as it rises, like the new prosperity of the land he loved and serve so masterly, above the far distant battle fields where so many thousands of his gray veterans lie in the sleep of fallen heroes." (''Silent South'', 1885, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine) *A large equestrian statue of Lee by French sculptor [[Jean Antonin Mercié]] is the centerpiece of Richmond, Virginia's famous [[Monument Avenue]], which boasts four other statues to famous Confederates. This monument to Lee was unveiled on May 29, 1890. Over 100,000 people attended this dedication. *Robert E. Lee is also featured in the carving on [[Stone Mountain]]. *Robert E. Lee is shown mounted on Traveller in Gettysburg National Park on top of the Virginia Monument *A large double equestrian statue of Lee and Jackson in Baltimore's Wyman Park, directly across from the Baltimore Museum of Art, was dedicated in 1948. Designed by Laura Gardin Fraser, Robert E. Lee is depicted astride his horse Traveller next to Stonewall Jackson who is mounted on "Little Sorrel." Architect John Russell Pope created the base, which was dedicated on the anniversary of the eve of the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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