Confederate Memorial Obelisk - Birmingham, Alabama
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Scooter Bill
N 33° 31.201 W 086° 48.566
16S E 517696 N 3708954
This memorial obelisk to Confederate soldiers and sailors is located in Birmingham's Linn Park.
Waymark Code: WM1XGM
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 45

This memorial obelisk to Confederate soldiers and sailors was erected by the Pelham, Alabama chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy on April 26, 1905.
Inscription reads:
"The manner of their death was the crowning glory of their lives."
Jefferson Davis
Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/26/1905

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Pelham Chapter No. 67 Daughters of the Confederacy

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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