Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument

The Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers Monument is an outdoor stone marker and memorial installed 3 miles north of Brantley, Alabama, in a privately-owned Confederate Veterans Memorial Park.[1][2] The monument reads:

Unknown AL Soldier
C.S.A.
"Mother, I have
been found.
I am home."

"It sits among existing monuments, replica cannons and tall flagpoles flying Confederate and other flags."[1] More than 500 people attended the monument's dedication in 2017.[3] Another source gives the number as 200.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sheets, Connor (September 27, 2017). "New Confederate memorial unveiled in Alabama". Birmingham News.
  2. ↑ Associated Press (August 27, 2017). "New Confederate monument unveiled in Alabama". New York Post.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Alex (August 28, 2017). "A new Confederate monument goes up in Alabama". NBC News.



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