• Source: Confederate Monument (Fort Worth, Texas)

      • The Monument to Confederate war soldiers was an outdoor Confederate memorial located outside of the Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas. The memorial was funded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1953.


      Inscription


      In Memory of
      Confederate Soldiers
      1861 - 1865
      And their Descendents
      Who Served in
      Spanish American War
      World War I
      World War II
      Erected By
      Julia Jackson Chapter
      United Daughters
      Of The
      Confederacy


      Removal


      During the George Floyd protests in June 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, a number of statues and memorials where toppled or removed. After residents defaced the monument the Tarrant County commission voted to remove it. The monument was removed on June 13, 2020, and moved to storage.


      See also


      List of Confederate monuments and memorials
      List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
      Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials


      References

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