On April 21, 1911, the unveiling and formal dedication of the statue of the Honorable George Davis, attorney general of the Confederacy took place. The statue was a gift from the local group of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The ceremony was preceded by a parade of civic, military and allied Confederate organizations from the city which went from the Wilmington Light Artillery Armory to the site (where it remains today).
Davis died in 1896 and is buried in Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery.
Honoring the Past. --Old B-Runner
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