Arkansas State Memorial

USA / Mississippi / Vicksburg /
 confederate, war memorial, American Civil War 1861-1865

The Arkansas State Memorial is located approximately .1 mile south of Old Graveyard Road on Confederate Avenue. The memorial was erected in 1954 by McNeel Company of Marietta, GA and dedicated on August 2, 1954. The cost of $50,000 was appropriated by the State of Arkansas. Fabricated of Mount Airy North Carolina Marble it bears the inscription:

"To the Arkansas Confederate Soldiers and Sailors, a part of a nation divided by
the sword and reunited at the altar of faith."
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Coordinates:   32°22'6"N   90°50'44"W
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