Lanier Monument Restoration Celebration
Join the Atlanta Preservation Center for a birthday celebration of the restoration of the Sidney Lanier Monument in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.
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Feb 02, 2012 12:00 PM
to Feb 04, 2012 05:00 PM |
| Where | The park runs along 10th Street (a block west of 10th & Monroe Avenue to a block east of 10th & Piedmont Avenue) and Piedmont Avenue (12th & Piedmont to just before 15th & Piedmont) in midtown Atlanta. |
| Contact Name | Carolyn McLaughlin |
| Contact Phone | 404-688-3353 ext. 11 |
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The Atlanta Preservation Center in partnership with Piedmont Park Conservancy and Oglethorpe University will complete the restoration of the Sidney Lanier Monument in February 2012.
After two years of work, spearheaded by the Atlanta Preservation Center, a copy of the original bust has been made and will be installed in the monument’s niche, restoring the monument to its original configuration.
The celebration of the restoration of this monument will include three public events:
- a 170th birthday recital at Oglethorpe University
- a lecture by Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor the University of Virginia
- the unveiling
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