These Are My Jewels

, c. 1894 The monument features life-size bronze statues of seven men — Salmon P. Chase, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Philip Sheridan, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Edwin Stanton — as well as a bronze statue of the Roman Cornelia. The monument was designed by Levi Scofield, known for his Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Public Square in Cleveland. ==History==

The sculptural group was conceived by General Roeliff Brinkerhoff, one of the founders of the current-day Ohio History Connection. Brinkerhoff wanted a monument for the Ohio Pavilion in the World's Columbian Exposition, the 1893 Chicago world's fair. It was moved to Columbus at the fair's end. The statue originally displayed six Ohioans, though Ohio governor and later president William McKinley led efforts to add on a statue of Rutherford B. Hayes, his former commanding officer. The act led the monument to depict three of the eventual eight U.S. presidents from Ohio. The monument was dedicated in 1894, and rededicated on June 10, 1965 and November 5, 1992. The artwork was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993. ==See also==