page_title: Hans Christian Heg
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Hans Christian Heg / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Hans C. Heg, in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
context_page_description: Hans Christian Heg was a Norwegian American abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier, best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War. He died of the wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga.
context_section_description: A statue of Hans Christian Heg is located in Norway, Wisconsin.
  A replica statue stands in Heg's birthplace at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen in Lier, Norway. It was a gift by Norwegian-Americans to the people of Norway. The unveiling of this statue took place on Midsummer Day, June 24, 1925.
  Heg Memorial Park in Racine County is named in his honor. Heg Memorial Park Museum is located on Heg Park Road in Wind Lake, Wisconsin. His original homestead house is located a short distance from the Heg Memorial Park.
  Another house formerly owned by Hans Christian Heg was located at the current site of the Waterford, Wisconsin, Public Library.
  There is a memorial to Hans Christian Heg at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.
  The Liberty Ship SS Hans Heg (hull number 2751) was laid down on 26 January 1944 at Kaiser Permanente No. 2 shipyard in Richmond CA under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The ship launched on 14 February 1944, was owned by the U.S. Department of Commerce and operated by James Griffiths & Sons Inc. The ship sailed overseas including to Dutch New Guinea in and during the Second World War. She was scrapped in 1961.
caption: Statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison. During protests in June 2020, the statue was pulled down, decapitated, and thrown into Lake Monona.
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