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Peter-Burghard Stone Company,
Homage -- Shepherd, Heyward
History -- United States
History -- United States
Ethnic -- African American
Occupation -- Service
Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Harpers Ferry
Sculpture
Heyward Shepherd Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Peter-Burghard Stone Company, fabricator.
Title:
Heyward Shepherd Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Heyward Shepherd Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Aug. 1921. Dedicated Oct. 12, 1931.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 6 x 3 x 2 ft.
Inscription:
(Incised on front:) ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16, 1859,/HEYWARD SHEPHERD, AN INDUSTRIOUS/AND RESPECTED COLORED FREEMAN,/WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY JOHN/BROWN'S RAIDERS IN PURSUANCE/OF HIS DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF/THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD/COMPANY. HE BECAME THE FIRST/VICTIM OF THIS ATTEMPTED/INSURRECTION./THIS BOULDER IS ERECTED BY/THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE/CONFEDERACY AND THE SONS OF/CONFEDERATE VETERANS AS A/MEMORIAL TO HEYWARD SHEPHERD,/EXEMPLIFYING THE CHARACTER AND/FAITHFULNESS OF THOUSANDS OF/NEGROES WHO, UNDER MANY/TEMPTATIONS THROUGHOUT/SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF WAR, SO/CONDUCTED THEMSELVES THAT/NO STAIN WAS LEFT UPON A RECORD/WHICH IS THE PECULIAR HERITAGE/OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND AN/EVERLASTING TRIBUTE TO THE BEST/IN BOTH RACES. unsigned
Description:
Commemorative marker has rough-hewn edges and a smooth face with text inscription.
Subject:
Homage -- Shepherd, Heyward
History -- United States -- Civil War
History -- United States -- Black History
Ethnic -- African American
Occupation -- Service -- Servant
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Harpers Ferry
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
Administered by Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, P. O. Box 65, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 25425
Located Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Remarks:
Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans to commemorative those former servants who remained faithful during the Civil War. Heyward Shepherd was a black freedman who was killed defending Harper's Ferry during John Brown's raid. The inscription was written by Matthew Page Andrews. The sculpture was restored in 1974 and moved to storage between 1975 and 1981, because of controversy between NAACP and the Daugthers of the Confederacy. IAS files contain copy of List of Classified Structures report (LCS 03866).
References:
Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, 1995.
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 56940942
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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