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Renamed "Confederate Park" in 1923 at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. A Confederate soldier statue was erected in 1910 at the intersection of North Main Avenue and West Capital Street adjacent to the Park. It was destroyed on July 16, 2016, when a policeman accidentally crashed his patrol car into the monument.
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
Confederate monument removed from plot in city-owned cemetery where Union and Confederate soldiers are buried. Monument has been the target of petitions for removal since 2017. [169] [170] Uptown Square Confederate Monument Lexington: North Carolina October 14 October 16 Removed at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
A controversial statue of a Confederate soldier has been taken down by officials from the center of a prominent square in Georgia, leading to protests in the area. The removal of the monument at ...
A federal judge on Monday ordered a halt to the removal of a Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery shortly after U.S. Army crews began work to dismantle the tall bronze statue as ...
A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military ...
The statue was built in 1914, and includes depicitions of enslaved African Americans Confederate statue set for removal from Arlington National Cemetery despite GOP outcry Skip to main content
Confederate Monument (Fort Worth, Texas) Confederate Monument (Hollywood Forever Cemetery) Confederate Monument in Louisville; Confederate Monument in Owensboro, Ky. (former) Confederate Soldier Memorial (Huntsville, Alabama) Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Baltimore) Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Birmingham, Alabama)