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    		• National Marble & Granite Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Laurens
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Laurens Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    National Marble & Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Laurens Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1910.
    Medium: 
    Figure: stone; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 5 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 20 x 12 x 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base, lower half in raised letters:) 1861-1865/IN MEMORY OF/THE/BOYS IN GREY/ERECTED 1910/BY THE CITIZENS OF/LAURENS CO./UNDER THE AUSPICES OF/JB KERSHAW CHAPTER/UDC/OUR HEROES (On back of base:) ON FAMES ETERNAL CAMP/ING GROUND/THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD/AND GLORY GUARDS WITH/SOLEMN ROUND/THE BIVOUC (sic) OF THE DEAD/LAURENS CO.
    Description: 
    Figure of Confederate soldier dressed in uniform and hat standing at rest on top of tall base. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands, the butt resting in front of his proper right foot. The back of his proper right leg rests against what appears to be a tree stump. The front upper base is decorated with a relief of a Confederate flag. The bottom of base is stepped.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Laurens
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Laurens, Public Works, 353 Church Street, Laurens, South Carolina
    Located Main Street South Public Square, Laurens, South Carolina
    Remarks: 
    The monument was erected in 1910 by the citizens of Laurens with the support of the J. B. Kershaw Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Cost $2,500.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, SC0011, 1989.
    Monumental News, March, Nov. 1910.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS SC000117
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