Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument, Memphis, TN
1905 (photographs 2008)
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This statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest by Charles Henry Niehaus was unveiled in 1905 in Memphis, Tennessee. The bronze equestrian statue depicts the Confederate General and Grand Wizard of the KKK looking out into the distance aboard his horse.
Following an earlier attempt to remove the statue in 2015, the Memphis City Council passed an ordinance to remove Confederate Statues from public parks. After selling the park (which had previously been renamed from Forrest Park to Health Sciences Park), the statue was removed on December 20, 2017.
This photo and description of the Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument in Memphis, Tennessee are part of materials from the Forrest Park Historic District registration form for the National Register of Historic Places.
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006.
Full Citation: Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument, Memphis, TN; 1905 (photographs 2008); National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Tennessee; National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records; Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006, Record Group 79; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/nathan-bedford-forrest-monument-memphis-tn, May 4, 2024]
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