The Confederate Monument - Trenton, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 58.853 W 088° 56.490
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Confederate Monument, another under attack of those who do not understand history.
Waymark Code: WMXJ0N
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2018
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County of monument: Gibson County
Location of monument: Eaton St. & College St., courthouse lawn, Trenton
Artist: Unknown
Date dedicated: May 31, 1907; moved 1916
Monument erected by: The Russell-Hill Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy
Proper description of statue: A confederate soldier standing at parade rest. He wears a uniform which includes a brimmed hat. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands. The butt of the rifle rests on the plinth at his feet. His proper left leg is slightly bent and his proper left foot is slightly forward on the plinth." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
Text on Monument:
(front base):
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY
OF OUR
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
BY THE
RUSSELL-HILL CHAPTER
U.D.C.
"LEST WE FORGET"
Proper description of monument: (My humble effort)
A marble column rising from a square platform base to a floral impressed tapered base to the next section. This I call the center base which has a chain bordering the square which hold the only text on the monument.
Next section up is a square set of pairs of Corinthian columns on all four side of the monument, with the front and rear bearing the image in relief art of Robert E. Lee (front) and Bedford Forrest (rear). The proper right and left panels are blank.
Upon that rising to the metal statue of the Confederate Soldier is a square column decorated with three rings of floral design imprinted in strips.