I thought that the McClellan statue in DC was going to be my last monument trivia question of the summer, then I saw the statue at right. The plaque at its base talks about law -- so I thought I'd use this as part of a two-part post. First, to identify the statue; then I'll follow that up with talk about the law -- and how the law it talks about is itself part of making and remembering history.
So -- with no hints this time -- who's the person depicted in the picture and where is this statue?
This statue looks like Robert E. Lee.
Posted by: Joan Vogel | August 18, 2011 at 11:38 AM
I think it's of Lee and I guess it is on the Gettysburg battlefield, probably at or near the spot where Pickett's charge began.
Posted by: Calvin Massey | August 18, 2011 at 01:00 PM
Calvin is veeeeeeery close....
Posted by: b | August 18, 2011 at 01:10 PM
Yes, Calvin is close! Very. Right town. Pickett's Charge had a lot to do with this statue.
Posted by: Alfred Brophy | August 18, 2011 at 01:18 PM
And I agree with Joan that it does look like General Lee.
Posted by: Alfred Brophy | August 18, 2011 at 01:18 PM
Meade at Gettysburg
Posted by: Steven Harbour | August 18, 2011 at 02:24 PM
My immediate reaction matches Steven Harbour's choice: Meade at Gettysburg. But then my immediate instinct on Thomas (rather than McClellan) in D.C. a few days ago was all wrong.....
Posted by: David J. Garrow | August 18, 2011 at 02:44 PM
Steven and David have gotten it *exactly*. Good going on picking this off.
It's Meade at Gettysburg, which is just a few hundred yards from the end of Pickett's Charge. I've got a post about this going up tomorrow morning, which talks about the plaque at the base of the monument.
Posted by: Alfred Brophy | August 18, 2011 at 03:20 PM