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Tampa, Florida. Coordinates. 27°59′50″N 82°19′39″W / 27.99736°N 82.32757°W / 27.99736; -82.32757. The Confederate Memorial Park is a monument located in Tampa / Brandon, Florida. The monument, which stands close to the intersection of I-4 and I-75, featured a large Confederate battle flag, which can be seen from the ...
The most prominent Confederate memorial in Jacksonville is a statue of a Confederate soldier that sits atop a towering pillar in Hemming Park." [174] Yellow Bluff Fort Monument, Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park (1951) [175] Key West: Confederate memorial fence at Clinton Square, built by J.V. Harris circa 1866. [176]
President Jefferson Davis' inauguration took place under the 1861 state flag of Alabama, and the celebratory parade was led by a unit carrying the 1861 state flag of Georgia. Realizing that they quickly needed a national banner to represent their sovereignty, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States set up the Committee on Flag and Seal.
Louisiana secession. The U.S. state of Louisiana declared that it had seceded from the United States on January 26, 1861. It then announced that it had joined the Confederate States (C.S.); Louisiana was the sixth slave state to declare that it had seceded from the U.S. and joined the C.S.
"ERECTED A.D. 1879 / By the / Ladies' Memorial Association of Macon / In HONOR of / The Men of Bibb County / And all who gave their lives to the / South to establish the / Independence of the / CONFEDERATE STATES / 1861-1865 / With pride in their Patriotism / With Love for their memory / This silent stone is raised / A perpetual witness of our ...
A 60 feet (18 m) x 30 feet (9.1 m) Confederate flag—when erected, the largest such flag ever made—at the privately-owned Confederate Memorial Park, placed so as to be visible at the intersection of I-4 and I-75, just east of Tampa (actually Seffner, Florida), was removed on June 1, 2020, by its owner, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, after ...
The Confederate flag is a controversial symbol for many Americans today. A 2011 Pew Research Center poll revealed that 30% of Americans had a "negative reaction" when "they saw the Confederate flag displayed". [46] According to the same poll, 9% of Americans had a positive reaction. A majority (58%) did not react.
The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-565-54109-2. OCLC 30780284. Documentary History of the Flag and Seal of the Confederate States of America, 1861-'65. Compiled by Raphael P. Thian. Washington. 1880.