Star City Confederate Memorial
Star City Confederate Memorial is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Gaster Hill stands 120 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Star City Town Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 21 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
The Star City Confederate Memorial is located at the southwest corner of the town square of Star City, Arkansas. The marble monument depicts a Confederate Army soldier standing in mid stride with his left foot forward. His hands hold the barrel of a rifle, whose butt rests on the monument base. The statue is about 6 feet (1.8 m) high and 2 feet (0.61 m) square; it rests on a marble foundation that is 20 feet (6.1 m) long, 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, and 8 feet (2.4 m) high. The monument was erected in 1926 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at a cost of about $2,500. The memorial was first placed on the grounds of the 1911 courthouse, which was made into the town square after that building was torn down in 1943. That year, the memorial was moved to the grounds of the new courthouse. In the 1990s it was moved back to the town square, and now stands near its original location. All four sides of the monument base have inscriptions. The front, facing south, reads "IN MEMORY OF / OUR / CONFEDERATE / HEROES / 1861 - 1865". The east side reads "LINCOLN COUNTY / REMEMBERS THE / FAITHFULNESS OF / HER SONS AND / COMMENDS THEIR / EXAMPLE TO / FUTURE GENERATIONS." The north side reads "ERECTED BY / CAPT. J. MARTIN / MERONEY / CHAPTER NO. 1831 / OF LINCOLN COUNTY / U. D. C." The west side reads "OUR FURLED BANNER / WREATHED WITH / GLORY AND THOUGH / CONQUERED, WE ADORE / IT. WEEP FOR THOSE / WHO FELL BEFORE IT. / PARDON THOSE WHO / TRAILED AND TORE IT." The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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Wikidata Q16900672, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
63 named places within 25 miles
- Star City Town Square: 0.0 mi
- Star City Mini Park: 0.3 mi
- Star City Ballfields: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.9 mi
- Linwood Community Park: 14.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Strengthening the Arm of Liberty: 21.1 mi
- Monticello Confederate Monument: 21.4 mi
- Veterans Monument and Courtyard: 22.0 mi
- McCloy Park Monument: 22.6 mi
- Arkansas Railroad Museum: 21.3 mi
- Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas: 21.4 mi
- Pine Bluff Historical Museum: 21.6 mi
- Martha Mitchell House: 21.8 mi
- Desha County Museum: 22.1 mi
- Twin Mounds: 15.4 mi
- Gaster Hill: 19.7 mi
- Vince Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Bridges Bluff: 19.8 mi
- U of A Pine Bluff Mural: 21.7 mi
- Coca Cola: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Star City Confederate Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaster Hill | S 174° | 120 m | 19.7 mi |
| Twin Mounds | SE 127° | 52 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:25 | 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 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cane Creek SP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000448OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Star City Confederate Memorial, reference 96000448, listed 04/26/96.
OpenStreetMap element node/4720168770
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