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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.
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 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/>
Controversy arose because of its depiction of Sacagewea 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> Protestors objected that her bowed head suggested subservience.<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> However, the historian speaking at the statue's unveiling in 1919 said she was the expedition's dauntless guide across the Rockies, the pathfinder.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=FuYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA36 Armistead Churchill Gordon, The Unveiling of the Lewis-Clark Statue: At Midway Park in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, November Twenty-one, Nineteen Hundred Nineteen ... Being a Record of the Exercises Attending the Unveiling],  Published by City of Charlottesville, page 27:  "when they returned to Fort Mandan the dauntless Indian woman, Sacajawea, who had been their guide across the Rockies [departed] with her French-Canadian husband, Chaboneau . . . "</ref>  The protests led to the addition of a plaque clarifying Sacagawea's contrbution to the expedition.<ref name=waldo/>





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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 Goodloe 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.

Controversy arose because of its depiction of Sacagewea behind Lewis and Clark.[2] Protestors objected that her bowed head suggested subservience.[3] However, the historian speaking at the statue's unveiling in 1919 said she was the expedition's dauntless guide across the Rockies, the pathfinder.[4] The protests led to the addition of a plaque clarifying Sacagawea's contrbution to the expedition.[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.
  4. Armistead Churchill Gordon, The Unveiling of the Lewis-Clark Statue: At Midway Park in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, November Twenty-one, Nineteen Hundred Nineteen ... Being a Record of the Exercises Attending the Unveiling, Published by City of Charlottesville, page 27: "when they returned to Fort Mandan the dauntless Indian woman, Sacajawea, who had been their guide across the Rockies [departed] with her French-Canadian husband, Chaboneau . . . "

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