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Creation Date
6-14-2009
Building Name
Confederate Memorial Obelisk, St Augustine
Description
Confederate Memorial Obelisk, St. Augustine, FL.
This Confederate Memorial is located in the Plaza de la Constitucion in St. Augustine, Florida.
"Confederate War Memorial. This obelisk was commissioned by the Ladies' Memorial Association and was erected in 1872. It was first located on the east side of St. George Street and was moved to the Plaza de la Constitucion in 1879. It is 30 feet high..
"Erected in 1872, this is the oldest Confederate Civil War monument in Florida. Other nearby relics of the Civil War include an eight-inch Rodman artillery piece and a ten-inch mortar."
On the front in inscribed :
Our Dead. In Memoriam , our Loved Ones Who gave up Their Lives in the service of The Confederate States
Latitude, Longitude
29.89250000, -81.31115556
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr.; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida -- Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida -- Jacksonville; Confederate Memorial Obelisk; Ladies' Memorial Association; Confederate Civil War monument; St Johns County (Fl.); St Augustine (Fl.); Memorial --- Florida --- St Augustine.; Images