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Louw Wepener Monument

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Proposal to remove bust from the Louw Wepener Monument for safekeeping due to safety concerns. Replacing bust on the memorial with a 3-D scanned version. This is on the farm Felicia 457RD in Bethulie.

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The reasons for the alterations to the monument are as follows: • Damage already done to the memorial. • The possibility of a vandalism which has become a valid threat nowadays • Possible incorrect information. • Damage to the fence around the monument. The monument was erected in 1940 and designed by Gerard Moerdijk, best known for his design of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. The bust was sculpted by Coert Steynberg, one of the best known artists of his time. Therefore the memorial indeed has historical and intrinsic artistic value. Should it be lost it will be irreplacable. Therefore it is proposed that a 3-D scan of the bust is made and that this will replace the original. The original will be taken to Udolpho, a property of the FAK in the Free State, close to Parys, where it will be preserved together with other historical artefacts. It will be accessible to the public. Since the site of the monument is in a remote location, it is impossible to have someone guarding it permanently. The current fence have been damaged severly and needs to be replaced. The proposal is to replace it with a security a similar fence.

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Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 10:32

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15766

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Louw Wepener Monument

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Coetzee, E. https://eensgesind.com/louw-wepener-en-die-slag-van-thaba-bosiu/, accessed on 23 September 2020.Grobbelaar, J.J.G. 1968. Wepener, Lourens Jacobus (Louw). in De Kock, J.K. (ed.), et.al. Dictionary of South African Biography 1. Pretoria: HSRC. Heydenrych, D.H. 1986. Die Boererepublieke, 1852-1881. In Cameron, T. & Spies, S.B. (eds.). Nuwe geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika in woord en beeld. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. Pellissier, S.H. 1956. Jean Pierre Pellissier van Bethulie. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik Bpk. Swart, M.J. (ed.), et.al. Afrikanerbakens. Goodwood: Nasionale Boekdrukkery. Wepener, F.D.J. 1934. Louw Wepener. Die oorloë van die Oranje-Vrystaat met Basoetoland. Pretoria; J.H. de Bussy.
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