Arkansas List of Confederate monuments and memorials

1 arkansas

1.1 monuments

1.1.1 courthouse monuments
1.1.2 other public monuments


1.2 inhabited places
1.3 parks
1.4 roads
1.5 schools
1.6 state symbols
1.7 former

arkansas

van buren confederate monument @ crawford county courthouse in van buren, arkansas

there @ least 57 public spaces confederate monuments in arkansas.

monuments
courthouse monuments

arkadelphia: arkadelphia confederate monument (1911)
blytheville confederate war memorial (1934)
camden: camden confederate monument (1915)
conway: conway confederate monument (1925)
el dorado: el dorado confederate monument (1909)
fort smith: ft. smith confederate monument (1903)
lake village: lake village confederate monument (1910)
lonoke: lonoke confederate monument (1910)
marion, crittenden county civil war memorial (1936)
osceola osceola confederate monument (1934)
searcy: searcy confederate monument (1917)
van buren: van buren confederate monument (1899)

other public monuments


confederate statue, fayetteville confederate cemetery



confederate soldiers monument, little rock national cemetery



little rock confederate memorial, little rock national cemetery



robert e. lee monument in marianna, county seat of lee county, arkansas



star city confederate memorial located on town square adjacent star city commercial historic district in star city. listed on national register of historic places.



batesville confederate monument (1907)
benton: confederate veterans memorial
bentonville confederate monument (1908)
clarendon: confederate memorial
clarksville: clarksville confederate monument, (1902) oakland cemetery obelisk inscribed, sacred memory of our confederate dead, added national register of historic places in 1999.
dardanelle, arkansas: dardanelle confederate monument (1921)
fayetteville: confederate statue (1897), fayetteville confederate cemetery
fort smith: jefferson davis memorial (1937)
harrison: boone county confederate veterans memorial, on grounds of boone county courthouse (1986)
hot springs:

confederate state capital, bathhouse row
hot springs confederate monument (1934)


jacksonport: jackson county confederate memorial (1914)
little rock:

children of confederacy
confederate bench (1936)
confederate last stand monument
confederate soldiers monument, known defense of flag, arkansas state capitol grounds, (1905).
confederate war prisoners memorial, arkansas state capitol grounds.
css pontchartrain
little rock national cemetery:

confederate soldiers monument (1884); marks mass burial of 640 confederate soldiers
little rock confederate memorial (1913)


memorial company confederate soldiers (1911)
monument confederate soldiers (1905)
monument confederate women (or mother of south ), arkansas state capitol grounds, little rock, arkansas. statue depicts mother , daughter saying good-bye 16-year-old son , brother leaving join father in fighting. (1913)
old state house, several on grounds:

david o. dodd memorial (1923)
defenders memorial plaque (1932)
gen. thomas j. churchill memorial (1928)
gen. william read scurry memorial (1928)
old state house confederate memorial


southern soldiers memorial


magnolia: gen. john porter mccown monument
marianna: gen. robert e. lee monument, 1910.
marmaduke: john sappington marmaduke memorial
monticello: monticello confederate monument
new edinburg: captain richard tunball banks monument, 1864.
newport: jackson guards memorial, built in 1914. monument consists of statue of single confederate soldier , roster of men served in jackson guards , slaves supported them. confederate monument in arkansas built entirely funds raised private subscription, although built on prominent piece of land donated city of hot springs.
pea ridge:

confederate generals memorial (1887)
reunited soldiery monument (1889), 1 of first honor both confederate , union soldiers placed on battlefield.
texas memorial, pea ridge city park (1964).


pine bluff:

david o. dodd memorial
pine bluff confederate monument (1910)


prescott: confederate war memorial (1964)
smithville: confederate war memorial (1996)
star city: star city confederate memorial (1926) erected on courthouse grounds, moved in 1943 , moved again original position, town square, in 1990s. consists of statue of confederate soldier.
van buren:

confederate memorial (1906) @ fairview cemetery.
fairview cemetery confederate memorial; replacement when original moved downtown.


washington:

confederate masonic memorial
washington confederate monument (1888), washington presbyterian cemetery. listed on national register of historic places in 1996.



inhabited places

cleburne county (1883), named csa maj. gen. patrick cleburne.
faulkner county (1873), named csa col. sanford faulkner.
city of forrest city (1870), named csa gen. nathan bedford forrest.
lee county (1873), named csa gen. robert e. lee.

parks

russellville: confederate mothers memorial park (1921). land public park donated udc , includes 3 stone monuments, each 1 placed different confederate veterans or memorial organization, honoring mothers of confederacy.

roads

el dorado: robert e. lee street
forrest city: confederate drive
heber springs: jefferson davis road
hughes: jeff davis street
jacksonville: jeff davis avenue
lake village: confederate street
little rock

beauregard drive
claiborne drive
longstreet drive
pickett drive


malvern: robert e. lee street
wilson: jeb stuart drive

schools

state symbols

flag of arkansas blue star above arkansas represents confederate states of america , placed above 3 other stars countries (spain, france , us) state belonged before statehood. diamond represents nations diamond mine bordering 25 stars symbolizing 25th state join. design of border around white diamond evokes saltire found on confederate battle flag.





former


fort smith: southside high school: until 2016, school nickname rebels. mascot johnny reb, fictional personification of confederate soldier. school discontinued use of dixie fight song.
little rock: confederate boulevard renamed springer boulevard in 2015. new name honors african-american family prominent in area since civil war.




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