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The Thomas Jefferson statue was a bronze public statue of Thomas Jefferson. The statue was located on a bench next to the Old DeKalb County Courthouse in Decatur, Georgia.[1] The statue depicts Jefferson writing the United States Declaration of Independence and was donated to the city by a private citizen to honor U.S. senator Paul Coverdell, who died in 2000.[2] Following a rally during the George Floyd protests on June 17, 2020, it was announced that the statue would be removed, citing the fact that Jefferson was a slave-owner who owned over 600 slaves and fathered several children with Sally Hemings, a slave he owned.[3] On the morning of June 19, 2020 the statue was removed at the request of the donor "to protect it from damage."[4] This came several days after the removal of the DeKalb County Confederate Monument, an obelisk on the courthouse grounds that honored the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.[2][3]

Statue of Thomas Jefferson
Medium	Bronze
Subject	Thomas Jefferson
Location	Decatur, Georgia, United States

See also

• List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

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