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here’s a state by state list of confederate monuments that need to go down! :d
While white supremacists worked themselves up into a murderous rage this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, following the announcement of plans to remove Confederate monuments, this has only renewed efforts around the country to get rid of the rest. As reported by NBC, mayors in Lexington, KY; Baltimore, MD and both Jacksonville and Gainesville, FL have already announced plans to move forward with removing rebel symbols in their city.
But this is only the tip of the ice-berg! Below is a list of all the Confederate monuments in the country, pulled from Wikipedia. If you’re white, not saying you should get an early start taking them down, but know that Black and Brown people have more to lose, and check out what’s happening in North Carolina 🙂
Alabama
- Camden: Confederate Monument, erected in 1880, by the Ladies Memorial and Wilcox Monumental Associations, Wilcox County, Alabama
- Centreville: Confederate Monument, erected in 1910, by the Leonard Calloway Pratt Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy No. 1056 of Blocton, Alabama.[14]
- Demopolis: Confederate Park. Renamed “Confederate Park” in 1923, at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
- Fort Payne: Confederate Monument; erected in 1913, by the Sons and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers of DeKalb County, Alabama.
- Greenville: Our Confederate Dead Monument, in NRHP-listed Confederate Park; erected in 1903, Father Ryan Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy of Butler County, Alabama
- Lowndesboro: Our Confederate Soldiers Monument, erected in 1929, by the Lowndesboro Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Lowndes County, Alabama
- Millbrook: Robinson Springs Camp Confederate Monument, erected in 1913, by United Confederate Veterans Camp No. 396, Elmore County, Alabama
- Montgomery: Confederate Memorial Monument, also known as the “Monument to Confederate Soldiers and Sailors”, on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol.[15] Former CSA President Jefferson Davis laid the cornerstone in 1886, but it was not completed until 1898. Funding for the monument included $20,000 in the form of two grants from the state legislature, $10,000 contributed by the Ladies Memorial Association of Alabama, $6,755 from the Historical and Monumental Association of Alabama that was formed in 1865 to support the erection of this monument, and $5,000 from politicians.[16] Gorda Doud designed the monument, the statues were created by Alexander Doyle.[17]
- Ozark: Confederate Monument, erected in 1910, Stonewall Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy No. 667 of Dale County, Alabama
- Troy: Confederate Monument; erected in 1908, by the Pike Monumental Association, United Confederate Veterans, & United Daughters of the Confederacy of Pike County, Alabama
- Tuskegee: Confederate Monument, erected in 1909, by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Macon County, Alabama
Arizona
In 2017, the presence of six monuments to the Confederacy were praised. These include a monument dedicated to Confederate Civil War veterans in Phoenix, Arizona and a historic plaque near Tucson, Arizona which commemorates the Battle of Picacho Pass.[18]
Monuments in Arizona include:
- Arizona Confederate Veterans Monument in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix, erected in 1999 by the Sons of Confederate Veterans[8]
- Arizona Confederate Veterans Monument in Wesley Bolin Park, next to the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy[8]
- Confederate Memorial in the Historical Soldiers Memorial Cemetery area of the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Cemetery in Sierra Vista. The monument was erected in 2010 to honor the twenty-one soldiers interred in that cemetery who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and later fought in Indian wars in Arizona as members of the U.S. Army.[9]
Arkansas
Star City Confederate Memorial is located on the town square adjacent to Star City Commercial Historic District in Star City. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Arkadelphia Confederate Monument, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Arkansas
- Batesville Confederate Monument, Batesville, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Independence County, Arkansas
- Bentonville Confederate Monument, Bentonville, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Arkansas
- Blytheville Confederate War Memorial, Blytheville
- Boone County Confederate Veterans Memorial, on the grounds of the Boone County Courthouse in Harrison
- Camden Confederate Monument, Camden, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita County, Arkansas
- Clarendon Confederate Memorial, Clarendon
- Clarksville Confederate Monument, Clarksville, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Arkansas
- Confederate Soldiers Monument, also known as Defense of the Flag, Arkansas State Capitol grounds, Little Rock.
- Confederate Veterans’ Memorial, Benton
- Confederate Women Monument, Arkansas State Capitol grounds, Little Rock. Erected in 1913.
- Conway Confederate Monument, Conway, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Faulkner County, Arkansas
- Dardanelle Confederate Monument, Dardanelle, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Yell County, Arkansas
- El Dorado Confederate Monument, El Dorado, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Arkansas
- Ft. Smith Confederate Monument, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Sebastian County, Arkansas
- Hot Springs Confederate Monument, Hot Springs, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Garland County, Arkansas
- Lake Village Confederate Monument, Lake Village, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicot County, Arkansas
- Little Rock Confederate Memorial at Little Rock National Cemetery.
- Lonoke Confederate Monument, Lonoke, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lonoke County, Arkansas
- Monticello Confederate Monument, Monticello, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Drew County, Arkansas
- Jackson County Confederate Memorial, Jacksonport
- Jackson Guards Memorial, Newport, Arkansas, built in 1914. Monument consists of a statue of a single Confederate soldier and a roster of the men who served in the Jackson Guards and the slaves who supported them. The only Confederate monument in Arkansas built entirely with funds raised by private subscription, although it was built on a prominent piece of land donated by the city of Hot Springs.[19]
- Old State House Confederate Memorial, Little Rock
- Pine Bluff Confederate Monument, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Arkansas
- Prescott Confederate War Memorial, Prescott
- Searcy Confederate Monument, Searcy, Arkansas. Erected in 1917 on the grounds of the White County courhouse. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in White County, Arkansas. Consists of a statue of a Confederate soldier.[19]
- Star City Confederate Memorial, Star City, Arkansas. Erected in 1926 in the courthouse grounds, moved in 1943 and moved again to original position on town square in the 1990s. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Arkansas. Consists of a statue of a Confederate soldier.[19]
- Southern Soldiers Memorial, Little Rock
- Texarkana Confederate Monument, Texarkana
- Van Buren Confederate Monument, Van Buren, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Arkansas
- Washington Confederate Monument, Washington, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead County, Arkansas
Individual monuments and memorials
Robert E. Lee Monument in Marianna, the county seat of Lee County
- Bayou Meto Hornets, Jacksonville
- Captain Richard Tunball Banks Monument, New Edinburg
- Children of the Confederacy, Little Rock
- Confederate Bench, Little Rock
- Confederate Headquarters, Little Rock
- Confederate Last Stand, Little Rock
- Confederate Mothers Memorial, Russellville
- David O. Dodd Execution Site, Little Rock
- David O. Dodd Memorial, Little Rock
- David O. Dodd Memorial, Pine Bluff
- General John Porter McCown Monument, Magnolia
- General Robert E. Lee Monument, Marianna
- General Thomas J. Churchill Memorial, Little Rock
- General William Read Scurry Memorial, Little Rock
- Jefferson Davis Memorial, Fort Smith
- John Sappington Marmaduke, Marmaduke
- Monument to Confederate Women (or “Mother of the South”), Arkansas State Capitol grounds, Little Rock, Arkansas. Unveiled in 1913. Statue depicts a mother and daughter saying good-bye to their 16-year-old son and brother who is leaving to join his father in the fighting.[19]
- Record Cave, Dover
Other
- Confederate Masonic Memorial, Washington
- Confederate State Capital, Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs
- CSS Pontchartrain, Little Rock
- Loss of the Sultana, Marion
- Sinking of the Sultana, Marion
California
- Confederate Monument, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.[20]
Delaware
- Delaware Confederate Monument, Georgetown, Delaware, unveiled in 2007[10]
Florida
- Confederate Monument, Bradenton, unveiled June 3, 1927.[21]
- Confederate Monument Brooksville, unveiled June 3, 1916.[21]
- Florida’s Last Confederate Veteran Memorial, Crestview, City Park, unveiled January 18, 1958 the monument in Crestview was sold by the city it was purchased by a individual at a town hall meeting and moved to Garden City Florida, north of Crestview.[21]
- Confederate Sun Dial Monument, Daytona Beach, unveiled April 26, 1961.[21]
- Confederate Boulder Monument, Daytona Beach, unveiled April 22, 1979.[22]
- Florida’s First Confederate Monument, Defuniak Springs, unveiled 1871 and nearby historic marker.[21]
- Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, Ellenton, established 1925, pursuant to agreement between United Daughters of the Confederacy and State of Florida.[23] Also serves as home to Florida Division United Daughters of the Confederacy.[24]
- Confederate Veterans Memorial Monument, Ellenton, erected October 10, 1937.[25][21]
- Lee Bust Memorial, Fort Myers The bust was commissioned from Italian sculptor Aldo Pero for $6,000 by the Laetitia Ashmore Nutt Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, chapter 1447 and dedicated on January 19, 1966.[26]
Confederate Monument, Gainesville, Courthouse lawn, unveiled January 19, 1904.[27] Removed from government land to a private cemetery in 2017[28]- Confederate Park (Jacksonville)
- Confederate Monument, Jacksonville, downtown Hemming Park, unveiled June 16, 1898[27]
- Florida’s Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy, in Confederate Park, Jacksonville, dedicated October 26, 1915. The sculptor was Allen George Newman.[29]
- General Joseph Finnegan Grave Monument, Jacksonville, Old City Cemetery.[30]
- Yellow Fort Bluff Monument, Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park, Jacksonville, unveiled March 5, 1951
- Confederate soldier statue in Munn Park in downtown Lakeland, created by the McNeel Marble Works dedicated June 3, 1910.[27]
- Confederate Monument, City Park, Madison, dedicated June 3, 1909.[30]
- Confederate Monument, Marianna, Jackson County Courthouse lawn, unveiled November 30, 1881.[31]
- Battle of Marianna Monument, Marianna, Jackson County Courthouse lawn, unveiled November 2, 1924.[31]
- Confederate Monument, Miami, Old City Cemetery, unveiled June 3, 1914[31]
- Confederate Monument, Monticello, unveiled June 3, 1899[31]
- Confederate Monument, Ocala, front of courthouse, unveiled April 25, 1908[32]
- Battlefield Monument, Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park, Olustee, dedicated October 23, 1912
- General Joseph Finnegan Monument, Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park, Olustee, unveiled 1912
- Confederate Monument, Palatka, unveiled April 26, 1925[33]
- Our Confederate Dead, Pensacola, dedicated June 17, 1891[34]
- Grave of Stephen Mallory, St. Michael’s Cemetery, Pensacola
- Confederate Memorial Park, Seffner, dedicated April, 2009[35]
- Confederate Monument, Tampa, Hillsborough County Courthouse annex, dedicated February 8, 1911[36]
- Confederate monument of Leon County, on the grounds of the former Florida State Capitol, the “Old Capitol” now a museum, Tallahassee.[37] Dedicated in 1882, it was moved to its current location in 1923.[38]
- Battle of Natural Bridge Monument, Woodville, unveiled April 26, 1922[32]
Confederate “Johnny Reb” monument, Lake Eola Park, Orlando. Erected at first at Magnolia Avenue in 1911 then moved to Lake Eola Park in 1917.Removed from the park to a private location in 2017.[39][40]
Georgia
- Albany: Confederate Memorial Park.
- Andersonville: Monument to Henry Wirz, Georgia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, erected in 1908.[41]
- Atlanta: Confederate General John Brown Gordon Memorial, Georgia State Capitol grounds.
- Augusta: Augusta Confederate Monument. Commissioned by the Ladies Memorial Association in 1875, erected in 1878.[42]
- Augusta: Confederate Monument at St. James United Methodist Church.[43]
- Baxley: Confederate memorial
- Butler: Confederate memorial,
- Cartersville: Confederate memorial at the Bartow County Courthouse
- Cockspur Island: Immortal Six Hundred at Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Columbus: Confederate monument
- Crawfordville: Confederate memorial
- Decatur: Confederate memorial
- Douglas: Confederate memorial, corner of Peterson Avenue (U.S. Route 441 southbound) and Ward Street (U.S. Route 221 Business westbound)
- Dublin: Confederate memorial
- Eastman: Confederate memorial
- Gray: Memorial to soldiers in the War Between the States and the World War
- Greensboro: Confederate memorial
- Hawkinsville: Confederate Sons of America memorial (Confederate States of America?)
- Irwin County: Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site
- Hinesville: Confederate memorial
- Jeffersonville: Confederate memorial at the Twiggs County Courthouse
- McDonough: Confederate memorial
- Millen: Confederate memorial, Jenkins County Courthouse
- Moultrie: Confederate Memorial, Colquitt County Courthouse
- Mount Vernon: Confederate memorial, Montgomery County Courthouse
- Nashville: Confederate memorial, Berrien County Courthouse
- Oglethorpe: Confederate Monument, Courthouse lawn, unveiled on February 20, 1923[44]
- Quitman: Confederate memorial, Brooks County Courthouse
- Resaca Confederate Cemetery
- Ringgold Gap: Statue of Confederate General Patrick Cleburne
- Rome: Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument, Myrtle Hill Cemetery, erected in 1909 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
- Savannah: Confederate Monument, Forsyth Park, completed in 1879[4]
- Statesboro: Confederate Memorial
- Stone Mountain: Stone Mountain carving
- Talbotton: Confederate memorial
- Thomaston: Confederate Memorial, “First cannon ball fired at outbreak of the War Between the States at Fort Sumter”
- Thomaston: Confederate monument, Upson County Courthouse, erected in 1908. [45]
- Valdosta: Confederate memorial, Lowdnes County Courthouse
- Waycross: Confederate memorial, Phoenix Park[46]
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