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Statue of Sam Davis (Montgomery Bell Academy)

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A bronze statue of the Confederate soldier Sam Davis was installed in 1999 at Nashville, Tennessee's Montgomery Bell Academy, in the United States. The sculpture was designed by the local artist Alan LeQuire. Davis had been an student at the Western Military Institute, a predecessor of the Montgomery Bell Academy.

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Statue of Sam Davis (Montgomery Bell Academy)
Cherokee Road, Nashville-Davidson

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Cherokee Road
37205 Nashville-Davidson
Tennessee, United States
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