Confederate Magnolia -- Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta GA
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HJThom
N 33° 44.900 W 084° 22.301
16S E 743466 N 3737355
A tall Southern Magnolia at the cemetery plot holding the remains of over 300 unknown Confederate dead at Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMWJ50
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2017
Views: 7
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20301 - Julianadorp - posted by
HJThom
This tall Southern Magnolia tree shades the Confederate lion and the graves of over 300 unknown Confederate dead, who were excavated from trench mass graves at battle sites near Atlanta and reinterred here around 1870.
A plaque at the tree reads as follows:
"OAKLAND'S CONFEDERATE MAGNOLIA
"To everything there is a season,
And a time to every purpose under the heavens:
A time to be born, and a time to die; A time
2 plant, and a time to pluck up that planted."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Over 100 years old, origin unknown, but duties well done. Guardian of the unknown Confederate dead, sheltering arms for Atlanta's beloved Lion. Never to be forgotten, but living through those left behind.
December 3, 1998
historic Oakland Foundation, Inc.
Alfred Holt Colquitt chapter, UDC"
Historic Event:
The tree is historic because it is planted in a place of deep local significance in Oakland Cemetery
Year: 1998
Species: Southern Magnolia
Approximate Age: 105
Location: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta Georgia
Website: Not listed
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