Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument

The Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument is an outdoor stone marker and memorial installed 3 miles north of Brantley, Alabama, in a privately owned Confederate Veterans Memorial Park.[1][2] The monument reads:

Unknown AL Soldier
C.S.A.
"Mother, I have
been found.
I am home."

Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument
LocationBrantley, Alabama, United States
Completion date2017

"It sits among existing monuments, replica cannons and tall flagpoles flying Confederate and other flags."[1] More than 500 people attended the monument's dedication in 2017.[3] Another source gives the number as 200.[1]

See also

References

  1. Sheets, Connor (September 27, 2017). "New Confederate memorial unveiled in Alabama". Birmingham News.
  2. "New Confederate monument unveiled in Alabama". New York Post. Associated Press. August 27, 2017.
  3. Johnson, Alex (August 28, 2017). "A new Confederate monument goes up in Alabama". NBC News.

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