Lauderdale County Confederate Monument - Meridian, MS
N 32° 21.906 W 088° 41.943
16S E 340144 N 3582174
The Lauderdale County Confederate Memorial is on the court square at the intersection of 6th Street and 21st Avenue in Meridian, Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WM6KXT
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2009
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The Lauderdale County Confederate Memorial is typical of Confederate memorials found in many court squares in the South. It is a tall column topped with a lone soldier with the dates.
The upper inscription is a poem and reads:
It is wreathed around with glory,
And will live in song and story,
For it's fame on brightest pages,
Penned by poets and by sages,
Shall go sounding down the ages.
The lower inscription reads:
This, the Lauderdale County Confederate Monument is dedicated to the men, women and children of 61-65, whose sublime devotion to duty aroused the admiration of the world; who were ambitious but to serve their country, and were ever ready to be sacrificed for it. May their lives be an inspiration for emulation to generations yet unborn.
__________________ . __________________
The history of valor and fortitude of the Confederate soldier in defense of constitutional liberty is the heritage of the South.
(Note: both inscriptions are in all capitol letters)
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Lauderdale County
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
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