Civil War Memorial Obelisk -- Wichita Falls
N 33° 54.587 W 098° 29.934
14S E 546324 N 3752265
A tall white marble obelisk on the Memorial Auditorium grounds in downtown Wichita Falls TX honors the Confederate dead
Waymark Code: WMKQ0H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2014
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This tall Confederate Civil War memorial is located on the east side of the Memorial Auditorium grounds in downtown Wichita Falls TX.
The obelisk is engraved with these words:
"In Memory of the Sons of our Southland
1861-1865
Erected by the W. R. Scurry Chapter No. 1448
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wichita Falls Texas 1934
Let this mute but eloquent structure speak to generations to come of the generations of the past."
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1934
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: W. R. Scurry Chapter No.1448, United Daughters of the Confederacy,
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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