Enoch Tanner Wickham (E. T. ), 1883 - 1970, was a self-taught folk artist who built life-size concrete statues along a rural road in Palmyra, Tennessee. Folk art describes a wide range of objects that reflect the Craft traditions and traditional social values of various social groups Palmyra is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. Wickham began his creations in 1950 at the age of 67 after retiring from being a tobacco farmer and raising nine children.
The first statue Wickham built was of the Blessed Virgin Mary crushing a snake under her feet. This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary More statues followed of Tecumseh the Indian Chief, and of World War I hero Alvin York. Tecumseh (March 1768 – October 5, 1813) also Tecumtha or Tekamthi, was a famous Native American leader of the Shawnee World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Alvin Cullum York (December 13 1887 &ndash September 2 1964 was a United States Soldier, famous as a World War I hero In 1961 Wickham built an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. An equestrian statue is a Statue of a Horse -mounted rider The term is from the Latin " eques," meaning " Knight Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837 One of his largest statues was a Memorial to honor his son Ernest Wickham and other local soldiers of Montgomery County, Tennessee who died in World War II. Montgomery County is a County located in the US state of Tennessee. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Wickham continued building statues until his death in 1970. By that time, he had built over forty statues using only simple materials of chicken wire, rebar and concrete.
In 2001 the Customs House Museum in Clarksville, Tennessee had a year long exhibition of his work. Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County Tennessee, USA Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee 's fifth largest city Today some of the statues still stand along Buck Smith Road in Palmyra in spite of much aging and vandalism. The statues of Alvin York and the sleeping dog have been restored and are displayed in the Trahern Art building at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Alvin Cullum York (December 13 1887 &ndash September 2 1964 was a United States Soldier, famous as a World War I hero Austin Peay State University is an accredited public university located in Clarksville Tennessee, and operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County Tennessee, USA Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee 's fifth largest city Another statue of a kneeling soldier is located outside Soldier's Chapel in nearby Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee, and is home
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