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Our Confederate dead. In memory of General John Hunt Morgan, "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy, born in Huntsville June 1, 1825, died defending the noble cause Sept. 1864" [2] In October 2021 the Confederate Soldier Memorial statue was removed from the Madison County courthouse grounds and moved to the Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville. [3]
It was completed during 1947–1949, copyrighted in 1948, and erected in 1949. The bronze and granite war memorial features an allegorical statue of winged female figure of Victory. Behind her is a wall with 27 bronze plaques listing the names of people who died in World War II.
The memorial comprises a tall pink Peterhead granite pillar, carved with a ring of blank shields about halfway up, topped by a Portland stone capital and statues. The statue atop the column was carved by J. R. Clayton and depict St George slaying the dragon, below which is a lantern tier with four Gothic niches, housing statues of St Edward the Confessor (facing east), Henry III (west ...
Aerial view of the World War II Memorial Wreath Presenters From the 30 Allied Countries at the WWII Memorial 2015 VE Day Ceremony. The memorial consists of 56 granite pillars, each 17 feet (5.2 m) tall, arranged in a semicircle around a plaza with two 43-foot (13 m) triumphal arches on opposite sides.
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a monument erected in Boston Common in downtown Boston, dedicated to soldiers and sailors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who died in the American Civil War. Designed by Martin Milmore , construction began in 1874 and the monument was dedicated on September 17, 1877.
The bronze sculpture depicts a nurse offering water to a soldier and rests on a granite base. The memorial is approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) tall. An inscription on the front of the base reads: TO THE ARMY NURSES / FROM 1861 TO 1865 / ANGELS OF MERCY AND LIFE / AMID SCENES OF CONFLICT AND DEATH / A TRIBUTE OF HONOR AND GRATITUDE / FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT / DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS / 1914.
The listed sizes of the Confederate (600,000) and Union (2,859,132) forces are incorrect, greatly exaggerating the advantage held by the Union. [6] While the inscription dedicates the statue to Confederate soldiers who "died for states rights guaranteed under the Constitution", the Texas Declaration Of Causes (1861) does not use the phrase “states rights”, and repeatedly cites opposition ...
The memorial, a replica of the state's pillar at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was by designed by an unknown artist and erected by the Texas World War II Memorial Committee and Texas State Preservation Board in 2007. It features a 17-foot (5.2 m) granite column with a bronze oak and wheat wreath. [1]