Confederate Monument-McDonough, GA
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Sprinterman
N 33° 26.847 W 084° 08.813
16S E 765216 N 3704534
Located inside the traffic circle in front of the Henry County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMCA0T
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2011
Views: 2
This monument is located in a neat and beautiful little park in the center of McDonough. There are flowers planted around it and benches for resting. A nearby plague tells of the re-dedication in 2010.
The description from the Smithsonian Inventory is as follows:
On top of a tall, rough-edged shaft with a castellated top stands a uniformed Civil War soldier, his hands grasping the barrel of his musket at chest level, the stock resting by his proper right foot. The soldier has a moustache and wears a field hat. A bag is slung over his proper right shoulder, and a bedroll crosses over his proper left shoulder and is secured at the proper right hip. The back of the soldier's proper left leg leans against a tree stump. The shaft rests upon a multitiered base adorned with reliefs of crossed muskets and flags. The lower base is graduated, with a stepped, rough-edged bottom.
TITLE: Confederate Monument
ARTIST(S): Confederate Monument
DATE: Dedicated April 26, 1910.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
CONTROL NUMBER: GA000576
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
In a park inside the traffic circle in front of the Henry County Courthouse in McDonough, Georgia
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The whole monument apprears to have been rehabilitated possibly in 2010 when it was re-dedicated. I would say that at this time it does not need further work.
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