In the middle of the square is a statue of James Oglethorpe, donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Oglethorpe founded Savannah in 1732. The statue was sculpted by Daniel Chester French. French also sculpted the Lincoln monument in Washington, D.C. On the statue is the following: the coat of arms of Oglethorpe, the seal of the colony of Georgia, the seal of the state of Georgia, and seal of the city of Savannah. The statue faces south toward Oglethorpe's enemy, the Spanish, in Florida. On either side of the square are benches from the Italian Renaissance. The unveiling ceremony of the statue in the square took place on November 23, 1910.