Confederate Monument (Murray, Kentucky)
Confederate
Installed in June 1917, the Confederate Monument was not dedicated until months later, after the local UDC chapter finished raising the $2500 needed. The monument was designed by the McNeel Marble Company of Marietta, Georgia. The completed monument is a set of four Doric columns supporting a canopy made of granite, with a marble statue of Robert E. Lee on top. The monument includes a porcelain drinking fountain that was installed below the canopy and was in operation until the early 1950s as a ‘whites-only’ fountain. At its installation, the statue was one of the most elaborate in Kentucky.
Monument type:
Monument
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Dedication Date:
1917-10-01
Address:
Murray
Calloway
Kentucky
USA
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Opening Date:
1917-06-01
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Funded by:
United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Indigenous Land
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