United States Capitol List of Confederate monuments and memorials



there 8 confederate figures in national statuary hall collection, in united states capitol.



in national statuary hall collection, in united states capitol, each state has provided statues of 2 citizens state wants honor. following confederate figures among them, many in confederate army uniforms. dates reflect when statue given collection:

robert e. lee (virginia, 1909)
zebulon baird vance (north carolina, 1916)
edmund kirby smith (florida, 1922). florida plans replace statue, of 2017 replacement figure has not been chosen. leading candidate african-american civil rights activist , educator mary mcleod bethune.
joseph wheeler (alabama, 1925)
alexander hamilton stephens (georgia, 1927)
wade hampton iii (south carolina, 1929)
jefferson davis (mississippi, 1931)
james z. george (mississippi, 1931)
jabez lamar monroe curry (alabama, 1908) replaced statue of helen keller in 2009






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^ debonis, mike (june 23, 2015). field guide racists commemorated inside u.s. capitol . washington post. retrieved august 20, 2017. 
^ brockell, gillian; brockell, gillian (august 16, 2017). how statues of robert e. lee , other confederates got u.s. capitol . washington post. issn 0190-8286. retrieved august 20, 2017. 
^ robert e. lee . architect of capitol. 2016-04-29. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ zebulon vance . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ wallace, jeremy (2015-11-04). house committee votes remove statue of confederate general . tampa bay times. retrieved 2017-08-26. 
^ edmund kirby smith . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ turner, jim (october 10, 2017). house moves forward mary mcleod bethune statue . daytona beach news-journal. retrieved november 24, 2017. 
^ joseph wheeler . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ alexander hamilton stephens . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ wade hampton . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ jefferson davis . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ james zachariah george . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-28. 
^ helen keller . architect of capitol. retrieved 2017-08-19. 






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