It was originally supposed to be a memorial to the Confederate cause, but the sculptor, Pompeo Coppini, talked the funder into making it a WWI memorial instead. Though he still surrounded it with Confederate figure in the original design.
It was originally supposed to be a memorial to the Confederate cause, but the sculptor, Pompeo Coppini, talked the funder into making it a WWI memorial instead. Though he still surrounded it with Confederate figure in the original design.