Tallapoosa County Confederate Veterans Memorial - Alexander City, AL
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N 32° 55.544 W 085° 58.585
16S E 595700 N 3643518
The Tallapoosa County Confederate Veterans Memorial is located in the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex.
Waymark Code: WMQAJR
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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The Tallapoosa County Confederate Veterans Memorial is a tall, square stone shaft topped with a soldier with his musket. The soldier is wearing a rather informal uniform and a slouch hat.

Memorial Text, Front
Erected in honor of our Confederate heroes by Sidney Lanier Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, June 1923.

Memorial Text, Back
"Lest we forget" This monument perpetuates the memory of those "Whom power could not corrupt, whom death could not terrify, whom defeat could not dishonor."
Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/01/1923

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Sidney Lanier Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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