Confederate Memorial - Longview, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 29.776 W 094° 44.323
15S E 336649 N 3596777
A Confederate soldier, facing east, stands atop a tall granite shaft that is adorned at the base with a marble female figure symbolizing Liberty.
Waymark Code: WMP14C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2015
Views: 4
Dedicated June 3, 1911 in Bodie Park, Fredonia & Tyler Streets, southeast corner. Relocated in 1932 to the Gregg County Courthouse lawn.
Inscription:
(On east face of base, 2nd tier:) ERECTED BY R B LEVY CHAPTER UDC/LONGVIEW, TEXAS/JUNE 17, 1910 (On east face of base, 5th tier:) DEDICATED TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER OF 1861-1865 (On north side of base: state seal of Texas) (On west side of base, in raised letters:) LEST WE FORGET (On west side of base, engraved:) OUR CONFEDERATE HEROES (On lower right corner of third tier of south face:) F. Teich/Llano, Tex. signed
Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/03/1911
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: United Daughters of the Confederacy (R B Levy Chapter)
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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