Monticello Confederate Monument
Monticello Confederate Monument is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Gaster Hill stands 120 m to the north-northwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Square Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 21 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
The Monticello Confederate Monument stands at the end of the main entrance road to the Oaklawn Cemetery in Monticello, Arkansas. It was dedicated in 1915 to the Confederate soldiers of Drew County who served in the American Civil War. The main sculpture, which is made of marble, depicts a uniformed Confederate soldier carrying a blanket roll, and wearing a scabbard. He stands with both hands on a rifle, whose butt end is on the ground. It measures 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and about 20 inches (51 cm) square, and stands on a marble base 20 feet (6.1 m) high. It is inscribed as follows:
east side: CSA / TO THE / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / OF DREW COUNTY / 1861 - 1865 north side: ERECTED BY THE / W. F. SLEMONS CHAPTER / U. D. C. / 1914 south side, beneath a furled flag: FURL THAT BANNER! TRUE, / 'TIS GORY / YET, 'TIS WREATHED AROUND / WITH GLORY, / AND WILL LIVE IN SONG / AND STORY, / THOUGH IT'S FOLDS ARE IN THE DUST. / FATHER RYAN. west side, beneath crossed sabers: LEST / WE / FORGET The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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Wikidata Q16895341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
44 named places within 25 miles
- Town Square Park: 0.5 mi
- Drew Park: 1.1 mi
- James T. Jordan Municipal Park: 1.1 mi
- McCloy Park: 1.1 mi
- Western Pine Park: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Monument and Courtyard: 0.7 mi
- McCloy Park Monument: 1.1 mi
- Boll Weevil Bell: 3.0 mi
- Weevil Walk Trail Entrance & Alumni Monument: 3.1 mi
- Boll Weevil Clock Tower and Courtyard: 3.1 mi
- Drew County Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
- Turner Neal Museum of Natural History & Pomeroy Planetarium: 3.3 mi
- Bradley County Veterans Museum: 15.4 mi
- Desha County Museum: 23.2 mi
- World War II Japanese American Internment Museum: 23.2 mi
- Gaster Hill: 1.8 mi
- Twin Mounds: 15.3 mi
- Vince Bluff: 18.7 mi
- McGehee Memorial Garden: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monticello Confederate Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaster Hill | NNW 333° | 120 m | 1.8 mi |
| Twin Mounds | NE 39° | 52 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:45 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:25 | 17:04 |
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 | 44 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monticello Muni AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000449OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Monticello Confederate Monument, reference 96000449, listed 04/26/96.
OpenStreetMap element node/4720168779
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