Chester Confederate War Memorial - Chester, SC
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gpsblake
N 34° 42.325 W 081° 12.805
17S E 480455 N 3840396
Confederate memorial in the center of downtown Chester, SC
Waymark Code: WMNH7A
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2015
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This stone obelisk highlights the center of Chester, SC. Built in 1905 by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Approximately 25 feet tall with the inscription of 1861-1865 about 15 feet high on two sides. Two sides of the monument have drawings of two crossed guns. On one side of the memorial, the inscription says "Their fame increases like the branches of a tree through the hidden course of time". On the opposite side of that, there is an inscription that reads as follows
This monument guards the memory of the men of Chester District who obeying the call of their state died for the Confederate cause.
1861-1865
Time may crumble this marble into dust but time can not dim their glory. Their patriotism, their valor, their faithfulness and their fame remain forever the heritage of their countryman.
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Non Gibi Sed Patriae
There is also a cornerstone that says the following
Erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy 1905
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1905
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Daughters of the Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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