Riverside Cemetery Confederate Veterans' Memorial (Commerce City, Colorado)
Confederate
Flagpole flying a 13-star Confederate national flag above a base of 42 red-brick pavers engraved with the name, unit, and dates of service of a Confederate soldier. A red sandstone bench and grey marble headstone, engraved with a dedication to Colorado's Confederate Veterans by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, originally marked the base of the flagpole. Both have been removed.
Monument type:
Flagpole
Artist:
Unknown
Dedication Date:
Address:
Commerce City
Denver County
Colorado
USA
Inscription:
A grey marble headstone (in place in May 2021 when early photos of the site were taken, but removed as of September 2021) at the base of the flagpole is engraved with the dedication, "In honor of Colorado's Confederate Veterans who served during the War Between the States 1861-1865. Dedicated by the Colorado Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 2003." Below that dedication are two engraved Confederate flags; the border of the leftmost, a Confederate Battle Flag, is engraved with the words "Sons of Confederate Veterans 1896," and in the center of the flag on the right, a Confederate Navy Ensign, are the words "Colorado S.C.V.". Forty two red-brick pavers, each engraved with the name, unit, and dates of service of a Confederate soldier, create a path to the base of the flag pole. No soldier whose name is engraved on a brick is buried at Riverside Cemetery, however at least seven other Confederate soldiers are buried there.
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Opening Date:
Material:
Aluminum flagpole and red-brick pavers.
Size:
0.6096m x 1.7271999999999998m x 6.096000000000001m
Creator:
Unknown
Cost / Value:
approximately $500 for marble headstone and red sandstone bench (now removed)
Erected by:
Sterling Price Camp #676 (a subdivision of the Colorado Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans)
Funded by:
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sterling Price Camp #676
Run by:
Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Indigenous Land
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