Thomas Jonathan Jackson (sculpture)
Thomas Jonathan Jackson is a historic bronze equestrian sculpture of Stonewall Jackson located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was sculpted by Charles Keck, and was the third of four works commissioned from members of the National Sculpture Society by Paul Goodloe McIntire. The sculpture was the second of three McIntire gave to the city during the years 1919 to 1924. It was erected in 1921. All four sculptures are located in Charlottesville.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is located in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District.
On the 2017 attempt to have the statue removed, see Robert Edward Lee #Proposed removal. In September, 2019, both it and the Lee statue were vandalized; with graffiti on the Jackson statue reading, “1619” (referencing the year in which the first black slaves were brought to North America, to the future Virginia. The two angels on the front end of the statue had also been damaged by having their faces and feet chiseled. The statue was further damaged a month later in October, being chiseled once more by an unknown assailant. The damages are currently being investigated by the Charlottesville police.
