A bronze statue of the Confederate soldier Sam Davis was installed in 1999 at Nashville, Tennessee's Montgomery Bell Academy, in the United States.

[3][1] Davis had been an student at the Western Military Institute, a predecessor of the Montgomery Bell Academy.

[5][6] The school's headmaster said, "MBA understands the concerns about the Sam Davis statue, and we will remove the statue from the campus within the week... We recognize the ways in which this story and Sam Davis's association with the Confederacy have become increasingly troubling, particularly as perspectives on the past have shifted.

We strive to be an inclusive community, not one that either is or is perceived as racist or supportive of values that demean or marginalize others.

"[7] In April 2022, officials submitted a petition to remove a different statue of Sam Davis from Nashville's Centennial Park, pending approval by the Tennessee Historical Commission.