Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy

Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy, also known as A Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy and the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy,[1][2] is an outdoor Confederate memorial installed in Jacksonville, Florida's Springfield Park.[3] It is a tribute to women of the South who "sacrificed greatly" during 1861 to 1865 as the south fought to preserve slavery in the United States.

Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy
The monument in 2013
ArtistAllen George Newman
MediumSculpture
LocationJacksonville, Florida, U.S.

Description and history

In 1912 the Florida division of the United Confederate Veterans voted to ask each Confederate veteran to contribute $5 (equivalent to $140 in 2021) to fund a monument to the Confederacy's women, "who were the heroines of that struggle".[4][2] The monument was designed in 1914 by sculptor Allen George Newman (1875–1940), and dedicated on October 26, 1915. Jno. Williams, Inc. served as the founder, and McNeel Marble Works served as the work's contractor. Its condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in November 1992.[2]

Removal efforts

In May 2018, the monument was cited among those targeted by the March for Change, a three-day, 40-mile (64-km) protest against Confederate monuments located in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida.[5] It is No. 10 on the Make It Right Project's list of Confederate memorials it wants to see removed.[5]

  • Plaque
  • In May 2018
  • Inside

See also

References
  1. "A Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy - Jacksonville, FL - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
  2. "Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  3. "Confederate Veteran". S.A. Cunningham. 19 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. Lancaster, T. D. (9 Apr 1912). "Monument to the Women of the Confederacy". Ocala Evening Star (Ocala, Florida). p. 2.
  5. Holloway, Kali (June 3, 2018). "Announcing the Launch of the Make It Right Project". Independent Media Institute. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

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