A history of the erection and dedication of the monument to Gen'l James Edward Oglethorpe, unveiled in Savannah, Ga., November 23, 1910 . lized in the preparationof the site and towards the expenses of the unveiling. The monument is now completed, and consists of a he-roic statue of General Oglethorpe in bronze in the uniformof a British General of the period. The figure is aboutten feet in height, and stands upon a pink-gray marble ped-estal or die upon a base of the same material. The base X4 A History of the Erection and Dedication of the Monument is carved with garlands of flowers and of p
A history of the erection and dedication of the monument to Gen'l James Edward Oglethorpe, unveiled in Savannah, Ga., November 23, 1910 . lized in the preparationof the site and towards the expenses of the unveiling. The monument is now completed, and consists of a he-roic statue of General Oglethorpe in bronze in the uniformof a British General of the period. The figure is aboutten feet in height, and stands upon a pink-gray marble ped-estal or die upon a base of the same material. The base X4 A History of the Erection and Dedication of the Monument is carved with garlands of flowers and of pine cones restingupon palmetto leaves, and is cornered by four lions ram-pant, each holding a shield. Upon one of these shields iscarved the Coat of Arms of Oglethorpe, and upon the othersthe Coats of Arms or Great Seals of the Colony of Georgia,of the State of Georgia, and of the City of Savananh. Thegeneral design of the monument is Italian renaissance, andhas a stone bench on either side. The northern and south-ern ends of the plot in which the monument stands areclosed by an exhedra in Indiana limestone, backed by Tuzcn d^errt Up\
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