Admiral David Dixon Porter

Admiral David Dixon Porter, bronze statue

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Admiral David Dixon Porter, bronze statue

ADMIRAL DAVID DIXON PORTER

Cost: 4 statues and
Navy Monument, $105,500

Sculptors-$38,000,
Tablets $490,
Travel $51,
by the Federal Government

Sculptor: Lorado Taft

Erected: December 1911

 Location: North Union Avenue,
Tour Stop 7

 
bronze tablet
David Dixon Porter, bronze tablet
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Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The civilians of Vicksburg endured their first naval bombardment of the Civil War during the summer of 1862?