Hale County Confederate Monument - Greensboro, Alabama
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Assisted by: Groundspeak Regular Member SecurB
N 32° 42.242 W 087° 35.544
16S E 444476 N 3618631
Civil War memorial in front of the Hale County Courthouse in Greensboro, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WM7N4C
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Sprinterman
Views: 4
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 Hale County Confederate Monument - Greensboro, Alabama - posted by SecurB
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The monument has a Confederate soldier standing at parade rest and looking straight forward. The figure is standing on a tall shaft. The shaft has reliefs of crossed rifles on one side and crossed sabres on the opposite. The shaft rests on a base with Confederate flag on the front and the names of war dead on the other three sides.

The monument is inscribed:

(Front)

LEST
WE FORGET
OUR
CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS.
1861-1865

(On lower base:)

Erected
by
the Ladies Memorial
Association
April 26, 1904

Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/26/1904

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Ladies Memorial Association

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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