Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument
Appearance
Location | Brantley, Alabama, United States |
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Completion date | 2017 |
The Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument is an outdoor stone marker and memorial installed 3 miles north of Brantley, Alabama, in a privately owned Confederate Veterans Memorial Park.[1][2] The monument reads:
Unknown AL Soldier
C.S.A.
"Mother, I have
been found.
I am home."
"It sits among existing monuments, replica cannons and tall flagpoles flying Confederate and other flags."[1] More than 500 people attended the monument's dedication in 2017.[3] Another source gives the number as 200.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sheets, Connor (September 27, 2017). "New Confederate memorial unveiled in Alabama". Birmingham News.
- ^ "New Confederate monument unveiled in Alabama". New York Post. Associated Press. August 27, 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Alex (August 28, 2017). "A new Confederate monument goes up in Alabama". NBC News.
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