George Davis Monument
in Wilmington, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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1820 Market St, Wilmington, NC 28401, USA Print route »
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The George Davis Monument in Wilmington, North Carolina is a monument to George Davis in Wilmington, North Carolina erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was sculpted by Francis Herman Packer a native from Munich, Germany who worked out of New York. Funding for Mr. Packer's travel to and from Wilmington was provided directly from James Sprunt. The casting of the monument was done by the Gorham Manufacturing Company in 1910 in Rhode Island. The casting was 8 feet tall bound bronze weighing in at 1,700 pounds.The cornerstone of the monument was laid on October 14, 1909 during a ceremony of the Masonic. Within the cornerstone are some of the following items: A copy of the first number Carolina Churchman, dated October, 1909, copy of commission of George Davis as Attorney General of the Confederate states, dated January 4, 1864, and many other items of historical interest.The base weighed in at five and a half tons and included gilded seals of both North Carolina and the Confederate states. Long encomiums were also utilized within the base to celebrate Davis's virtues. The statue itself was unveiled on April 20, 1911 to the chimes of the Delgado Band hired for the occasion for $25.
