Confederate Mothers Monument

The Confederate Mothers Monument, also known as simply Confederate Memorial, Confederate Monument, or Texarkana Confederate Memorial,[1] is an outdoor Confederate memorial installed at 500 State Line Road in Texarkana.[2] It stands alone in a triangle bounded by roads on the West side of State Line Avenue,[3] just inside the U.S. state of Texas.[4] and faces the court house and post office, a building unusual for sitting in and serving two states.

Confederate Mothers Monument
The monument in 2016
ArtistHenry Allen
Year1918 (1918)
MediumSculpture
LocationTexarkana, Texas, U.S.
Coordinates33.4246°N 94.0433°W / 33.4246; -94.0433

Description and history

The monument was dedicated on April 21, 1918. It was designed by Henry Allen and constructed by Allen Monuments. The two figures were obtained from Italy.[5] Thought to be the only Confederate monument to include a woman in Texas, it is carved from marble.[6]

The monument's inscription for the Confederate mother statue reads: "O Great Confederate Mothers, we would print your names on monuments, that men may read them as the years go by and tribute pay to you, who bore and nurtured hero sons and gave them solace on that darkest hour, when they came home with broken swords and guns". The inscription for the Confederate soldier reads, "To our loyal Confederates". The soldier faces north.[7]

The chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy that built the Confederate Mothers Monument was disbanded and a new chapter does not own the monument so the city is responsible for maintenance.[8]

See also

References
  1. Walsh, Field (24 June 2015). "Confederate symbols across the south: Heritage or hate? - Texarkana Today". Txktoday.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. "Confederate Monument, Texarkana". Texasforesttrail.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. Widner, Ralph W. Jr. Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States, Andromeda Associates, and Ralph W. Widner, Jr., Ph.D., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 230
  4. "Google Map". Google.ca. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  5. Allen, Henry A. (18 August 2017). "Confederate Monument". Siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. "Confederate Mothers Monument, Texarkana". Texasescapes.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. "Confederate Memorial Park, Texarkana, TX". Waymarking.com. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  8. Meachum, Alex (26 June 2015). "Confederate monument stirs mixed emotions in Texarkana". Arklatexhomepage.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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