Our Confederate Soldiers - Denton, TX
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N 33° 12.879 W 097° 07.984
14S E 673989 N 3676636
Uniformed figure of a Confederate soldier stands atop a commemorative archway.
Waymark Code: WMVCKF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2017
Views: 5
The soldier holds his rifle in front of him, both hands around the barrel. The statue is flanked by cannon balls. The "CSA" insignia appears below the figure. Inscriptions appear on each column of the arch. Drinking fountains, no longer operational, are on each side of the arch with the dates 1861 and 1865 on them.
Inscription:
(Around arch:) OUR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS (Incised on right column:) ERECTED BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE/CONFEDERACY/IN MEMORY OF/OUR CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS, WHO/IN HEROIC/SELF-SACRIFICE/AND DEVOTED/LOYALTY GAVE THEIR/MANHOOD AND THEIR/LIVES TO THE SOUTH IN HER HOUR OF NEED. (Incised on left column:) "THEIR NAMES GRAVED/ON MEMORIAL/COLUMNS,/ARE A SONG/HEARD FAR IN/THE FUTURE/AND THEIR GENEROUS/PURPOSE/AND MOLD IT INTO ACTS AS PURE AS THEIRS" (Some 1200 names of Denton County citizens who served in the Civil War are incised on both sides of the arch)
TITLE: Our Confederate Soldiers
ARTIST(S): Unknown
DATE: Dedicated June 3, 1918
MEDIUM: Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000218
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
South side of the County Courthouse lawn.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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