🟌️ Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue

The Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue was a controversial 25-foot (7.6 m) equestrian statue of Confederate Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest publicly displayed for 23 years (1998–2021) along Interstate 65 in Nashville, Tennessee. The controversial work was located on a narrow strip of private land in Nashville's Crieve Hall area and was prominently visible from I-65 at 701D Hogan Road. It was displayed alongside 13 flags representing the Confederacy and various Southern states. The work, by amateur sculptor Jack Kershaw, was widely mocked by national media for its crude craftsmanship and attracted decades of controversy and repeated vandalism before being removed on December 7, 2021. Critics said the work's distorted facial features bore little resemblance to Forrest himself. The depiction showed Forrest mounted on a rearing horse holding a sword aloft in his right hand and a pistol in his left.