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Four Southern Poets Monument
VIEW OF POETS MONUMENT LOOKING EAST, BETWEEN SIXTH STREET AND SEVENTH STREET 56-26A - Greene Street Historic District, Greene Street, Gordon Highway to Augusta Canal Bridge, HABS GA,123-AUG,56-31.tif
Year 1913 (1913)
Medium Granite sculpture
Location Augusta, Georgia, United States
Coordinates 33°28′23.11″N 81°57′56.45″W / 33.4730861°N 81.9656806°W / 33.4730861; -81.9656806

The Four Southern Poets Monument is a special stone statue in Augusta, Georgia, in the United States. It is also known as the Monument to Southern Poets or Poets' Monument. This monument honors four important poets from the Southern United States.

Honoring Southern Poets

This monument was officially shown to the public in April 1913. It was built to remember four famous poets. These poets were Paul Hamilton Hayne (who lived from 1830 to 1886), Sidney Lanier (1842–1881), James Ryder Randall (1839–1908), and Abram Joseph Ryan (1838–1886).

Who Were These Poets?

All four of these poets were from the state of Georgia. They were generally connected to the Southern states during the American Civil War. Their writings often reflected the feelings and experiences of people in the South during that time.

Why Was the Monument Built?

The monument was a gift from a woman named Anna Russell Cole. She was the wife of Edmund William Cole, who was a veteran of the Southern army during the Civil War. He was also a leader in the railroad business.

Anna Russell Cole wanted the monument to be a memorial to her father, Henry F. Russell. He was the first elected leader of Augusta from the Democratic Party after the Civil War ended. The monument also aimed to remember the brave and polite spirit of the old Southern way of life through the poets' beautiful songs and poems.

Building and Dedicating the Monument

The Tennessee Granite & Marble Company created this impressive monument. Its dedication ceremony happened on April 28, 1913. About a thousand people came to watch.

Important guests included Mrs. Cole herself and Augusta's mayor. James Hampton Kirkland, who was a leader at Vanderbilt University, also attended. He gave a speech during the event.

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