Texarkana, Texas - Confederate Mothers Monument!

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THEN & NOW! The Confederate Mothers Monument in Texarkana, Texas a century apart. The state line runs right down the middle of the road and through the middle of the US Post Office and Courthouse in the background.
The Confederate Mothers Monument, also known as the Texarkana Confederate Memorial, is located at 500 State Line Avenue in Texarkana, Texas, just inside the Texas border near the Arkansas state line. Dedicated on April 21, 1918, it was commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and made with marble figures crafted in Italy. The monument features two statues: a Confederate soldier on top facing south and a Confederate mother at the base.
The inscriptions read: "To our loyal Confederates" on the soldier’s base and "O Great Confederate Mothers, we would print your names on monuments, that men may read them as the years go by and tribute pay to you, who bore and nurtured hero sons and gave them solace on that darkest day, when they came home, with broken swords and guns" on the mother’s base.
In 2020, the monument became a focal point of controversy with a Juneteenth protest on June 19, 2020, calling for its removal. Counter-protesters, including the "Save the Mothers’ Monument" group, gathered signatures to keep it in place, reminding all it is a historic memorial honoring the heroic sacrifice of veterans and mothers of all races. By September 2020, the "Save the Mothers’ Monument" group claimed 5,000 signatures. Texarkana, Texas, Mayor Bob Bruggeman noted a 1914 deed granting caretaking responsibility to the UDC, complicating removal efforts

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