Ocala, Florida Confederate Monument

[CSA Today]

The inscription reads as follows:

The South reveres
her Washington,
Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Andrew Jackson,
and others, who laid
the foundations of
our Grand Republic.
She honors her Lee,
Stonewall Jackson,
Stuart, Johnson, Forest,
and every brave son
who fought to preserve
our liberties,
guaranteed by the fathers,
under the constitution.

CONFEDERATE

Erected A.D. 1908
by
Dickison Chapter No. 56 U.D.C.
in honor of
The Heroes of the
Confederacy

http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/civilwar/monuments/ocala/overview.jpg.php

 

[donna]

Will have to go by this monument next time we stay at our home in Ocala.

Thanks for posting.

 

[nitrofd]

Will have to go by this monument next time we stay at our home in Ocala.

Thanks for posting.

This monument was erected in 1908 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy beside the Marion County Courthouse in the downtown Ocala Public Square.Although a new larger county courthouse was constructed in 1965 and then expanded in 1991,the monument remained in front of the courthouse until 2007 when another expansion resulted in its relocation to a nook on the buildings southside.In August 2010,it was moved to the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park.
the address is 2061 SE Fort King Street.
I wish I was able to load a picture but I have one of the unveiling of the monument in 1908.there were 13 women present all in their pretty white dresses with a sash across the front.

 

[nitrofd]

When you come back down south there is another place you might what to visit and that is the "Silver River Museum & Environmental Education Center.
1445 NE 58th Ave. Phone # 352-236-5401
The American Civil War in Marion County has a few nice relics incling a small howitzer that was used by our local legend Capt.John Jackson Dickinson of the 2nd.Florida Cavalry.
http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/silverrivermuseum.com

 

[E_just_E]

The inscription reads as follows:
[...]
She honors her [...], Forest,
[...].

Am I the only one who finds it ironic & not much of an honor to not spell ones' name correctly? (and it is not a typo, it is like that in the monument)

 

[CSA Today]

Am I the only one who finds it ironic & not much of an honor to not spell ones' name correctly? (and it is not a typo, it is like that in the monument)

The inscription is not a typo, possible grown a bit archaic since 1908, but in the same vein as ships, countries, states and, in this case, the South referred to as she and her.

 

[5fish]

Forest,

Forrest name is spelled wrong...

.In August 2010,it was moved to the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park.
the address is 2061 SE Fort King Street.

I like how it was conveniently and quietly moved away form the government building... I bet there was no protest..

every brave son
who fought to preserve
our liberties,
guaranteed by the fathers,
under the constitution.

They were not fighting for liberty. It a bold face lie... No white southern was fighting for liberty in our civil war... and what Constitution are they talking about...

 

[Andersonh1]

The inscription reads as follows:

The South reveres
her Washington,
Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Andrew Jackson,
and others, who laid
the foundations of
our Grand Republic.
She honors her Lee,
Stonewall Jackson,
Stuart, Johnson, Forest,
and every brave son
who fought to preserve
our liberties,
guaranteed by the fathers,
under the constitution.

CONFEDERATE

Erected A.D. 1908
by
Dickison Chapter No. 56 U.D.C.
in honor of
The Heroes of the
Confederacy

http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/civilwar/monuments/ocala/overview.jpg.php

There are some beautiful sentiments on that monument. Thanks for sharing.

 

[E_just_E]

The inscription is not a typo, possible grown a bit archaic since 1908, but in the same vein as ships, countries, states and, in this case, the South referred to as she and her.

I am taking about Forrest's last name being misspelled as "Forest". Not that much of an honor.

 

[CSA Today]

Forrest name is spelled wrong...



I like how it was conveniently and quietly moved away form the government building... I bet there was no protest..



They were not fighting for liberty. It a bold face lie... No white southern was fighting for liberty in our civil war... and what Constitution are they talking about...

The misspelling of Forrest's name is unfortunate, maybe the UDC ladies saw a document where Forrest misspelled his name. Variant spelling of surnames wasn't that unusual a hundred years ago. One could make the case for the spelling of honor, in 1908 many Southerners stilled used the standard English honour.

Liberty in the sense of fighting for independence during a War of Northern Aggression. As for the Constitution -- the one that contains no clause forbidding secession.

 

[nitrofd]

Forrest name is spelled wrong...



I like how it was conveniently and quietly moved away form the government building... I bet there was no protest..



They were not fighting for liberty. It a bold face lie... No white southern was fighting for liberty in our civil war... and what Constitution are they talking about...

There is no protest on the movement,as it was moved to a better location.As a side note the Marion County Commission voted back in October to keep the Confederate battle still flying at the county courthouse.this is the rural south and things are slow to change.Ocala is a fairly large city by our standards.

 

[War Horse]

Lets not forget percentage wish Florida had the highest percentage of population engaged in the war.

 

[nitrofd]

Florida takes a lot of pride in their heritage.the UDC and the SCV are very active north of orlando.below orlando you are in the northeast and the midwest.

 

[DRW]

Here's a very good guide to Florida's Civil War monuments: http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/civilwar/monuments

 

[5fish]

.below orlando you are in the northeast and the midwest.

I assume you are referring to me... I grew up and live in Central Florida... I once lived in Citrus county a short drive from Ocala... I do not live so close, now...

 

[5fish]

Liberty in the sense of fighting for independence during a War of Northern Aggression. As for the Constitution -- the one that contains no clause forbidding secession.

I think we are reading different histories of our Civil war. They( white people) had freedom. They were fighting to suppress the liberty of people of color in bondage... I think we are reading different Constitutions...

 

[CSA Today]

I think we are reading different histories of our Civil war. They( white people) had freedom. They were fighting to suppress the liberty of people of color in bondage... I think we are reading different Constitutions...

In 18th and 19th centuries America, when folks spoke of freedom they pretty much had white people in mind.

You might want to read through both.

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

They were not fighting for liberty. It a bold face lie... No white southern was fighting for liberty in our civil war... and what Constitution are they talking about...

They did fight for a kind of liberty: to be free of what they believed the majority Republicans would do. Not that the South stayed around long enough to find out.

It's far less absurd than some of the other CSA county monuments out there that I have seen.

 

[nitrofd]

I assume you are referring to me... I grew up and live in Central Florida... I once lived in Citrus county a short drive from Ocala... I do not live so close, now...

No I am not referring to you at all,I lived in south Florida for years and the east coast is all displaced new yorkers,new jersey and all the other states in the northeast.on the west coast they all come from the midwest.there is a saying here in Florida that you have to go north to go south.

 

[RebYell64]

I think we are reading different histories of our Civil war. They( white people) had freedom. They were fighting to suppress the liberty of people of color in bondage... I think we are reading different Constitutions...

Perhaps you'll have to chisel the inscription off of the monument, then.

I like it, I like what it says, I think it looks great....another fantastic way to honor the Southern soldier. It is bizarre that they spelled Forrest's name wrong, though. Lol