Administered by City of Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department 509 East 7th Avenue, P. O. Box 1971 Amarillo Texas 79101
Located Ellwood Park 11th & Van Buren, East Central side Amarillo Texas
Date:
Dedicated June 7, 1931
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Amarillo Globe, June 7, 1931, pg. 4.
(On front of base, incised lettering:) 1861/(Confederate flag relief)/1865/(lower tier:) WILL A. MILLER CHAPTER/NO.1372/UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE/CONFEDERACY/(lower tier:) IN MEMORY OF OUR/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
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Summary:
A uniformed Confederate soldier with a moustache stands at parade rest, wearing a knee-length cape, wide-brimmed hat, and belt with bayonet attached on the proper left. He holds his rifle barrel on his proper right side with both hands, the butt resting by his feet. The soldier is mounted upon a shaft decorated on the front with a waving Confederate flag in relief, set upon a multitiered base. The monument is centered within a concrete circle.
