Memorial to the Confederate Dead (St. Louis) explained

Memorial to the Confederate Dead
Location:St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Map Name:Missouri

The Memorial to the Confederate Dead is a Confederate memorial in Missouri.

Around 1899, the Ladies’ Confederate Monument Association began raising funds to erect a monument in St. Louis to soldiers who had fought against the United States. After some $23,000 ($ today) was raised, mostly from the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the monument was installed in Forest Park, the city's largest park. It was dedicated on December 4, 1914.[1]

It was rededicated in 1964 on its 50th anniversary.

In 2015, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay launched an effort to have the monument removed.[2] He appointed a committee of business and civic interests, which later that year recommended its removal.[3]

in June 2017, the monument was removed from Forest Park, one of at least 36 Confederate memorials removed that year from locations around the country.[4]

As of 2022, it awaits a new home outside St. Louis City and County limits, per an agreement between the city and Missouri Civil War Museum in Jefferson Barracks.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-06-29 . Confederate Memorial . 2022-03-24 . Forest Park Statues & Monuments . Forest Park Forever . https://web.archive.org/web/20170629215231/http://www.forestparkstatues.org/confederate-memorial/ . 29 June 2017 . dead.
  2. Web site: 2017-11-24 . Art, Expression, History, Logistics Mayor Slay: Standing up for St. Louis . 2022-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171124114710/http://archive.mayorslay.com/from-fgs/art-expression-history-logistics . 2017-11-24 .
  3. Web site: 2017-06-16 . Committee supports removing Confederate Monument from Forest Park Political Fix stltoday.com . 2022-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170616103129/http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/committee-supports-removing-confederate-monument-from-forest-park/article_ebdc99a2-b37c-55aa-b3a9-a461fb6b6d6f.html . 2017-06-16 .
  4. News: A record number of Confederate monuments fell in 2020, but hundreds still stand. Here's where. . 2022-03-24 . Washington Post . en.
  5. Web site: St. Louis to Remove Its Confederate Monument. Yasmeen. Serhan. The Atlantic. June 26, 2017. August 18, 2017.

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