Confederate Monument (Fort Worth, Texas)

Confederate memorial in Fort Worth, Texas, US

Monument to Confederate war soldiers

Completion date| 1953
Medium| Sculpture
Location| 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.[1]

## Inscription

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In Memory of[2]
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

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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,[3] and moved to storage.[4][5][6]

## See also

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* 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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1. ^ Anglin, Dionne (2020-06-09). "Confederate soldiers monument to be taken down in Fort Worth". FOX 4. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
2. ^ "Tarrant County Commissioners Vote to Remove Confederate Monument". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
3. ^ Tinsley, Anna M. (June 15, 2020). "Tarrant County removes Confederate marker from courthouse".
4. ^ "Tarrant County Commissioners Vote to Remove Confederate Monument from Courthouse Lawn". News Talk WBAP-AM. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
5. ^ "Commissioners Vote To Remove Confederate Monument Outside Tarrant County Courthouse". CBS News. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
6. ^ "Tarrant County Commissioners vote to remove marker dedicated to Confederate soldiers". Fort Worth Business Press. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-10.

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Monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

United States

| Alabama|

* Birmingham – Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument; Charles Linn
* Huntsville – Confederate Soldier Memorial ✻
* Mobile – Raphael Semmes

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Arkansas|

* Bentonville – Confederate Monument ✻
* Little Rock – Company A, Capitol Guards
* Pine Bluff – Confederate Monument

California|

* Carmel-by-the-Sea – Junípero Serra
* Chula Vista – Christopher Columbus
* Los Angeles – Junípero Serra
* Sacramento – Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella ✻; Junípero Serra; John Sutter
* San Francisco – Christopher Columbus; Ulysses S. Grant; Francis Scott Key; Junípero Serra
* Ventura – Junípero Serra ✻

Connecticut|

* Bridgeport – Christopher Columbus
* Hartford – Christopher Columbus ✻
* Middletown – Christopher Columbus
* New Haven – Christopher Columbus ✻
* New London – Christopher Columbus ✻
* Norwalk – Christopher Columbus

Delaware|

* Dover – Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial
* Wilmington – Christopher Columbus; Caesar Rodney

District of Columbia|

* Washington – Albert Pike

Florida|

* Jacksonville – Confederate Memorial; Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy ✻
* Palatka – Putnam County Confederate Memorial ✻
* Quincy – Gadsden Confederate Memorial

Georgia|

* Athens – Confederate Monument
* Decatur – DeKalb County Confederate Monument

Indiana|

* Indianapolis – Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Kentucky|

* Frankfort – Jefferson Davis
* Louisville – John B. Castleman; Louis XVI

Louisiana|

* New Orleans – John McDonogh

Massachusetts|

* Boston – Christopher Columbus; Emancipation Memorial

Michigan|

* Dearborn – Orville L. Hubbard
* Detroit – Christopher Columbus

Minnesota|

* Minneapolis – Calvin Griffith
* Saint Paul – Christopher Columbus

Missouri|

* St. Louis – Christopher Columbus

Nevada|

* Las Vegas – Hey Reb!

New Jersey|

* Camden – Christopher Columbus
* Newark – Christopher Columbus
* West Orange – Christopher Columbus ✻

New Mexico|

* Albuquerque – Juan de Oñate
* Alcalde – Juan de Oñate
* Santa Fe – Diego de Vargas

New York|

* Albany – Philip Schuyler ✻
* Buffalo – Christopher Columbus
* Hempstead – Thomas Jefferson
* New York City – Theodore Roosevelt
* Rochester – Frederick Douglass

North Carolina|

* Asheville – Vance Monument ✻
* Charlotte – Jerry Richardson
* Raleigh – North Carolina Women of the Confederacy; Josephus Daniels; Henry Lawson Wyatt
* Rocky Mount – Nash County Confederate Monument ✻
* Salisbury – Gloria Victis ✻
* Wilmington – Confederate Memorial; George Davis

Ohio|

* Columbus – Christopher Columbus (City Hall); Christopher Columbus (Columbus State Community College)

Oregon|

* Eugene – The Pioneer; The Pioneer Mother
* Portland – Captain William Clark Monument; Thompson Elk Fountain; Thomas Jefferson; Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt; Harvey W. Scott; George Washington

Pennsylvania|

* Philadelphia – Christopher Columbus ✻; Frank Rizzo; George Whitefield

Rhode Island|

* Providence – Christopher Columbus

South Carolina|

* Columbia – Christopher Columbus
* Charleston – John C. Calhoun

Tennessee|

* Nashville – Edward W. Carmack; Sam Davis ✻

Texas|

* Beaumont – Our Confederate Soldiers
* Dallas – Confederate War Memorial; One Riot, One Ranger
* Denton – Confederate Soldier Monument ✻
* Fort Worth – Confederate Monument
* Houston – Christopher Columbus; Richard W. Dowling ✻; Spirit of the Confederacy

Virginia|

* Alexandria – Appomattox
* Fredericksburg – Slave Auction Block
* Norfolk – Confederate Monument
* Portsmouth – Confederate Monument
* Roanoke – Robert E. Lee
* Richmond – Christopher Columbus; Jefferson Davis; Howitzer Monument ✻; Stonewall Jackson; Robert E. Lee; Matthew Fontaine Maury; Richmond Police Memorial; J. E. B. Stuart; Williams Carter Wickham

Wisconsin|

* Madison – Forward; Hans Christian Heg

Other countries

| Belgium|

* Antwerp – Leopold II
* Ghent – Leopold II

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New Zealand|

* Hamilton – John Fane Charles Hamilton

United Kingdom|

* Bristol – Edward Colston
* Cambridge – Sir Ronald Fisher window
* Greater Manchester – Dunham Massey Hall sundial
* London – John Cass; Robert Clayton ✻; Thomas Guy ✻; Robert Milligan

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