Spirit of Mecklenburg Statue |
![]() Flanked by trees all around, the fountain, at an estimated 70 feet wide, is a major attraction. The Little Sugar Creek greenway emphasizes the connectivity needed to serve as alternative Chas Fagan, who sculpted the statue is a self-taught artist who grew up in Brussells, Belgium, and graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a degree in Russian and East European studies. He has painted portraits of Mrs. Barbara Bush, President Reagan, Speaker of the House Tom Foley, and a complete set of presidents for C-SPAN’s 2001 program American Presidents. In 2008, Chas Fagan was selected the California legislature and governor for the creation of the statue to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation.The bronze statue of President Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was unveiled in the United States Capitol Rotunda on June 3, 2009. Chas Fagan was commissioned by The May 20th Society after an international search, leading a community-wide effort to produce a statue called The Spirit of Mecklenburg on the Greenway in Uptown Charlotte. For more information about the statue, contact The May 20th Society at info@may20thsociety.org. |