Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards

The Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards was an American Civil War memorial in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. It stood just northeast of the former Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, at a junction of two of the park's internal roadways. It consisted of a bronze sculpture depicting a Confederate Army soldier in a defensive stance, holding a rifle pointed forward. The statue was 8 feet (2.4 m) in height, and was mounted in a granite column 16 feet (4.9 m) tall. The memorial was sometimes known as "Lest we forget", a line that appeared near the top of the inscription on the base. The statue was created by sculptor Rudolph Schwarz, and was installed in 1911; it was paid for by the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and memorializes the unit that seized the arsenal at the outset of the war.[2]

Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°44′18″N 92°15′54″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911 (1911)
Sculptor	Rudolph Schwarz
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	MacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269)
MPS	Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS
NRHP reference No.	96000451[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1996
Designated CP	July 25, 1977
Removed from NRHP	May 12, 2021

The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, and was delisted in 2021.[1] The statue was removed in June 2020 following the George Floyd protests.[3]