Confederate Memorial, Yazoo City, MS
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N 32° 51.034 W 090° 24.700
15S E 742231 N 3637689
Memorial to the Confederacy and Confederate Soldiers. Located in the park at the meeting of N. Washington Street and N. Main Street near W. Canal Street
Waymark Code: WMKHWZ
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2014
Views: 10
Memorial sits in the park, surrounded by hedges. The memorial is a column topped by a statue of an armed soldier being handed a furled flag by a woman. The main inscription reads:
1861-1865
As at Thermopylae, the greater glory was to the vanquished
This monument is erected to perpetuate the memory of the noble courage, constancy and self sacrificing devotion of the women of the Confederacy, and the patriotism and heroic valor of the Confederate soldiers, and all who fought on land or sea for the country and the cause they loved so well.
By
Jefferson Davis Chapter
U.D.C., No 216; Yazoo Camp, U.C.V., No. 176;
And the Sons of Confederate Veterans and people of Yazoo County.
Dedicated July 8, 1909
Opposite side from the inscription, the Confederate Flag in a laurel wreath with the words "Semper Fidelis" underneath.
Both of the sides have logos of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/08/1909
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Jefferson Davis Chapter U.D.C. and Yazoo Camp, U.C.V. and Sons of Confederate Veterans
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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