Fort Smith Confederate Monument
This monument replaced an earlier shaft, which was destroyed by a tornado in 1898.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Dedication Date:
September 10, 1903
Address:
Sebastian
AR
USA
Inscription:
“LEST WE FORGET / 1861–1865 / OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD / ERECTED / BY THE / VARINA JEFFERSON DAVIS / CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS / OF CONFEDERACY / FORT SMITH, ARK. / 1903.”
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Conception Date:
1898
Opening Date:
Material:
Size:
m x m x m
Creator:
Cost / Value:
$2,332.39
Erected by:
Funded by:
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Run by:
Indigenous Land
Organization/Curator:
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