Henry County will dedicated a statue of the Revolutionary War patriot for which it was named later this month. The March 29 commemoration comes nearly 193 years after the county was founded. The life-size bronze sculpture, cast in the pose of Henry’s famous “Give me liberty or Give me death” speech, is the creation of McDonough resident Andy Davis. The sculpture, which will be placed in the front of the courthouse in McDonough square, is unique because there are no other known sculptures of Patrick Henry. Davis’ next project is of the legendary Dick Clark for Times Square in New York. Davis also has done sculptures of Georgia native Ray Charles as well as Playboy magazine founder Hugh Heffner, business magnate Truett Cathy and actor James Dean. The Henry sculpture was two years in the making and was paid for with private donations totaling nearly $100,000. The dedication ceremony will be at 2 p.m. Henry’s fifth great grandson will recite a portion of his famous ancestor’s speech during the ceremony.
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