Confederate Memorial - Farmersville, TX
N 33° 09.705 W 096° 21.571
14S E 746247 N 3672324
A Confederate memorial stands in Farmersville City Park, 153 S Main St, Farmersville, TX.
Waymark Code: WMM8EY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2014
Views: 5
A Confederate soldier stands about eight feet tall, in marble, upon a granite base that is about twenty feet tall. He stands with his rifle in front of him, butt on the ground, with both hands around the barrel. Visible are his canteen, cartridge box and bayonet. At the center of the base is "1861-1865," and "CONFEDERATE" is at the bottom of the base. The inscription is:
In Memory of All
Confederate Soldiers
Erected by Stonewall
Jackson Chapter 1208
Farmersville Tex. 1917. A.D.
Lord God of Hosts Be With Us Yet
Lest We Forget, Lest We Forget
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1917
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: United Daughters of the Confederacy, Stonewall Jackson Chapter 1208
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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