Memorial to Confederate Dead - Danville, Virginia
N 36° 34.494 W 079° 23.399
17S E 644052 N 4048922
This Obelisk stands as a memorial to the Confederate Soldiers who died and are buried in the Green Hill Cemetery in Danville, Virginia
Waymark Code: WM2W4B
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2007
Views: 35
Danville's Confederate Soldiers Monument is a 16-ton obelisk that sits on base of Virginia granite. The Monument stands 32-feet atop a six-foot artificial mound near the center of Danville's Green Hill Cemetery. It was dedicated September 3, 1878, and paid for with $2,000 raised by the Ladies Memorial Association.
The Monument inscription reads:
PATRIOTS!
"Know that these fell in the effort to establish just government and perpetuate Constitutional Liberty. Who thus die, will live in lofty example."
"The Died as men who nobly contend for the cause of truth an right, They softly lie an sweetly sleep."
Date Created/Placed: 09/03/1878
Address:
761 Lee Street
Danville, Virginia 24541
Height: 32-feet
Website: [Web Link]
Illuminated: Not Listed
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