Memorial to Company A
Memorial to Company A is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Moss Mountain stands 337 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 61 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards (also known as the Capitol Guards Monument) was an American Civil War memorial in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. It stood just northeast of the former Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, at a junction of two of the park's internal roadways. It consisted of a bronze sculpture depicting a Confederate Army soldier in a defensive stance, holding a rifle pointed forward. The statue was 8 feet (2.4 m) in height, and was mounted in a granite column 16 feet (4.9 m) tall. The memorial was sometimes known as "Lest we forget", a line that appeared near the top of the inscription on the base. The statue was created by sculptor Rudolph Schwarz, and was installed in 1911; it was paid for by the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and memorializes the unit that seized the arsenal at the outset of the war. The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, and was delisted in 2021. The statue was removed in June 2020 following the George Floyd protests.
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Wikidata Q21834497, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 61.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- MacArthur Park: 0.2 mi
- Private Simmons Bank Park: 0.4 mi
- Hangar Hill Park: 0.5 mi
- Heifer Village Lawn: 0.6 mi
- William J Clinton Presidential Park: 0.6 mi
- Walking on Sunshine: 0.4 mi
- Illustraion: 0.4 mi
- Tub the Turtle: 0.5 mi
- We Live Here, Too: 0.5 mi
- Circle of Life: 0.5 mi
- Picron Hill: 3.1 mi
- Big Rock Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Allis Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Ermentraudt Mountain: 4.6 mi
- South Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Arkansas Korean War Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Henry Thoreua Quote: 0.7 mi
- The Little Rock: 0.7 mi
- The Little Rock: 0.7 mi
- David O. Dodd Memorial: 0.8 mi
- MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History: 0.0 mi
- Museum of Black Arkansans and Performing Arts: 0.5 mi
- Esse Purse Museum & Store: 0.6 mi
- Historic Arkansas Museum: 0.6 mi
- Musuem of Discovery: 0.6 mi
- MacArthur Visits City Park: 0.1 mi
- The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- USS Razorback: 0.9 mi
- Hoga (YT-146): 0.9 mi
- Arkansas State Fairgrounds: 2.1 mi
- William E. "Bill" Clark Wetlands: 0.7 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park: 13.9 mi
- Holland Bottoms WMA: 15.7 mi
- Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 16.5 mi
- Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- The Bernice Garden: 0.5 mi
- Woodruff Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Arkansas Arboretum: 13.9 mi
- 110 Building Master Naturalist Garden: 24.8 mi
- Cato Point: 13.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 19.1 mi
- White Bluff: 23.4 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Eastbound: 16.6 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Westbound: 16.6 mi
- Pavilion 1: 5.6 mi
- Quapaw Mineral Spring: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Memorial to Company A. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Mountain | WNW 286° | 337 m | 23.8 mi |
| Fall Mountain | WNW 286° | 332 m | 24.9 mi |
| Shinall Mountain | WNW 288° | 320 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | WNW 300° | 308 m | 14.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 285° | 295 m | 24.2 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | WNW 287° | 280 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | WNW 287° | 277 m | 12.9 mi |
| Ball Mountain | W 277° | 251 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:49 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:24 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Rock AP Adams FLD, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000451OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards, reference 96000451, listed 05/14/21.
OpenStreetMap element node/4720168780
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- Little Rock · 4 mi
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