FIRST - Confederate Monument in Florida
N 30° 43.274 W 086° 06.701
16R E 585051 N 3399045
Florida's First Confederate Monument and an historical marker about it are located on the Walton County Courthouse lawn in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMBRF7
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2011
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The historical marker text reads:
Florida's First Confederate Monument
Shortly after the Civil War, the women of Walton County organized a "Ladies' Memorial Association," with Jeannet I. McKinnon as president, to erect a marble monument honoring Walton County's Confederate dead. The Association raised $250, and the monument was first erected in 1871 at Valley Church. It was moved to Euchee Anna, the county seat, and then to DeFuniak Springs when it became the county seat.
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