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Lowndes County Confederate Monument - Columbus, Mississippi
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Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member SecurB
N 33° 29.794 W 088° 25.696
16S E 367324 N 3707251
Confederate memorial on the grounds of the Lowndes County Courthouse in Columbus, Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WM7RHV
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2009
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The monument consists of a central structure in the form of a domed temple with three uniformed Confederates soldiers. One of the soldiers is standing on the to of the dome and is holding a flag. The other two soldiers are standing on each side of the temple with each holding a rifle at their sides. The monument is inscribed:

Front:

Our Heroes
This Monument Is Erected
In Honor Of The Soldiers
Of Lowndes County
Who Nobly Dared Life And
Fortune In Defeense Of The
Southern Confederacy

Back:

A Tribute Of Love To Our
Honored Dead; Whose Memory
We Enshirne In Our Hearts
Whose Principles Of Right
Through All Generations
Stephen D. Lee Chapter, No. 34 U.D.C. 1912

Front under dome

C.S.A.
1861 1865


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