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The '''Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark Statue''' is an historic statue that commemorates the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  It has become a point of controversy because of its depiction of Sacagewea hiding behind Lewis and Clark. <ref name=waldo>{{cite web|title=Sacajawea Acknowledged on Lewis & Clark Statue|url=http://cvillenews.com/2009/06/19/sacajawea-acknowledged/|author= Waldo Jaquith|work=|publisher=cvillenews.com|location=|publishdate= 19 June 2009|accessdate=16 Feb 2012}}</ref>  The statue has been the subject of several protests.  <ref>{{cite web|title= Protesting Columbus Day|url=http://cvillenews.com/2007/10/08/sacagawea-protest/|author=|work=|publisher=cvillenews.com|location=|publishdate= 8 Oct 2007|accessdate=16 Feb 2012}}</ref> These protests led to the addition of a plaque honoring Sacagawea <ref name=waldo/>
The '''Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark Statue''' is an historic statue that commemorates the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  [[Paul Googloe McIntire]] gave the statue to the City of Charlottesville as a gift.<ref name=Ebook>Gordon, Armistead C. The Unveiling of the Lewis-Clark Statue at Midway Park in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, November Twenty-one, Nineteen Hundred Nineteen ... Charlottesville: City of Charlottesville, 1919. Electronic.</ref>  It was sculpted by [[Charles Keck]] The pedestal is made of Balfour Pink Granite and is fourteen feet tall.<ref name=Ebook/> The bronze statues are eight feet, four inches tall. <ref name=Ebook/>
 
The original reliefs on the pedestal depict the Pacific slope, the American Eagle, and the seals of the United States and Virginia.<ref name=Ebook/> There are also bronze bas-reliefs at the base of the statue.
 
It has become a point of controversy because of its depiction of Sacagewea hiding behind Lewis and Clark. <ref name=waldo>{{cite web|title=Sacajawea Acknowledged on Lewis & Clark Statue|url=http://cvillenews.com/2009/06/19/sacajawea-acknowledged/|author= Waldo Jaquith|work=|publisher=cvillenews.com|location=|publishdate= 19 June 2009|accessdate=16 Feb 2012}}</ref>  The statue has been the subject of several protests.  <ref>{{cite web|title= Protesting Columbus Day|url=http://cvillenews.com/2007/10/08/sacagawea-protest/|author=|work=|publisher=cvillenews.com|location=|publishdate= 8 Oct 2007|accessdate=16 Feb 2012}}</ref> These protests led to the addition of a plaque honoring Sacagawea <ref name=waldo/>




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[http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=FuYTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader EBook about the unveiling of the statue]
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Photo of statue on West Main Street

The Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark Statue is an historic statue that commemorates the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Paul Googloe McIntire gave the statue to the City of Charlottesville as a gift.[1] It was sculpted by Charles Keck The pedestal is made of Balfour Pink Granite and is fourteen feet tall.[1] The bronze statues are eight feet, four inches tall. [1]

The original reliefs on the pedestal depict the Pacific slope, the American Eagle, and the seals of the United States and Virginia.[1] There are also bronze bas-reliefs at the base of the statue.

It has become a point of controversy because of its depiction of Sacagewea hiding behind Lewis and Clark. [2] The statue has been the subject of several protests. [3] These protests led to the addition of a plaque honoring Sacagawea [2]


Local Voices, Local History

VIDEO CREDITS: Narrated by Jennifer Tidwell;
Graphic design: Jen Fleischer; Project Manager: Kristin Rourke.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gordon, Armistead C. The Unveiling of the Lewis-Clark Statue at Midway Park in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, November Twenty-one, Nineteen Hundred Nineteen ... Charlottesville: City of Charlottesville, 1919. Electronic.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Web. Sacajawea Acknowledged on Lewis & Clark Statue, Waldo Jaquith, cvillenews.com, 19 June 2009, retrieved 16 Feb 2012.
  3. Web. Protesting Columbus Day, cvillenews.com, 8 Oct 2007, retrieved 16 Feb 2012.

External Links

Audiotour website: Source of video EBook about the unveiling of the statue