CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
HISTORY OF THE
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
LOCATED ON THE SQUARE IN
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA
In the early 1900's, the Monticello Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confederacy, learned that the old courthouse was to be
torn down leaving the center of the square to be used as a park. It was at this
time that they started planning for a monument to the Confederate Dead to be
placed in the center of the square.
The monument would cost $2800.00 and was ordered from the McNeal Marble Company
of Marietta, Georgia.
Around 1907, the United Daughters of the Confederacy began working on
fund-raising projects for the monument. Over the next three years they continued
to have various fund-raising functions, and solicited donations for the
monument.
The monument was to be unveiled in April of 1910. But the monument still had not
been paid off. The United Daughters of the Confederacy , in a last ditch effort
to pay off the debt on the monument, solicited the help of local merchants in
offering a percentage of their sales for a day or two, coupons, etc., be donated
to the Chapter for the monument. Through this effort $700.00 was raised over a
six month period to pay off the debt for the monument. On April 6, 1910, the
monument was unveiled, debt free.
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