Savannah Confederate Monument

[Jerry43]

I was in Savannah today and made the effort to see the monument. It stands 48 feet tall. Put up in 1875. However, it was renamed and rededicated in 2018 to be called The Civil War Memorial.

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

Interesting.

Was the rededication/renaming in name only - or did the monument need/get a bit of reworking?

I can't tell - did the CS beltplate get smoothed over, placard text changed/etc?

 

[J C J Barefoot]

Excellent photo. I saw it last year. Most all of the monuments , including this one are in need of cleaning updating. Same for the many squares. One can only imagine how this must have looked the day it was unveiled.

 

[Jerry43]

Interesting.

Was the rededication/renaming in name only - or did the monument need/get a bit of reworking?

I can't tell - did the CS beltplate get smoothed over, placard text changed/etc?

According to a Google search, a plaque was added saying it was dedicated to all the Civil War Dead. The original plaque saying to the Confederate Dead is still there. CSA is still on the beltplate.

 

[7th Texas Mounted Rifles]

According to a Google search, a plaque was added saying it was dedicated to all the Civil War Dead. The original plaque saying to the Confederate Dead is still there. CSA is still on the beltplate.

Ah, got you.

Apologies - didn't mean for you to have to do the google search for me - I thought you were posting so as to show an 'after' and you knew the changes made.

Beautiful monument, regardless of 'side' originally honored.

 

[Vicksburger]

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

 

[Stryker65]

Is it based on any unit in particular? IIRC the Oglethorpe Light Infantry is the most famous (and longest-lineage) Savannah unit.

 

[DixieRifles]

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

Was Romeo a Rebel?

 

[Stryker65]

Was Romeo a Rebel?

He was definitely Rebel-lious against social convention and moral norms, seeing that he fell in love with a thirteen-year-old.

 

[DixieRifles]

He was definitely Rebel-lious against social convention and moral norms, seeing that he fell in love with a thirteen-year-old.

And he flipped out when he thought she had overdosed on fentanyl.

 

[lupaglupa]

That is a beautiful supporting pillar. The statue is nothing unusual though.

 

[donna]

Beautiful monument. Glad still there even if renamed.