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Monument to Emma Sansom. Emma Sansom (June 2, 1847 – August 9, 1900) was an Alabama teenager and farm worker noted for her actions during the American Civil War (1861-1865), during which she assisted the defensive campaign of the mounted cavalry in the Confederate Army's then Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877), during the Streight's Raid by Union Army cavalry under command ...
Emma Sansom and Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument (1907) by UDC, Gadsden Chapter. [40] Turkey Town Monument (1992) by SCV, Turkey Town Valley Camp #1512 [41] Greenville: Butler County Confederate Memorial, "Our Confederate Dead", at Confederate Park (1903) by UDC of Butler County, Alabama, Father Ryan Chapter [42]
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."
His monument was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1909. Forrest's monument was rededicated by the Emma Sansom Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in a ceremony on Saturday, April 18, 2009 for the 100th anniversary of the first dedication of his monument.
Charlottesville historic monument controversy; Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol; Confederate Soldier Memorial (Columbus, Ohio) Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Indianapolis)
The original cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, thought to be long lost, was discovered last week while crews dug for a sewage tank. "We discovered the Historic time capsule ...
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The monument’s advisory committee and professionals from Martha ... Mayor Jon Mitchell announced the formation of an advisory committee to oversee the monument project at a 9/11 memorial service ...