Confederate War Memorial (Dallas)

Confederate War Memorial
Confederate War Memorial seen in 2007
Map
Year1896
Dimensions20 m  (65 ft )
LocationDallas, Texas, United States
Coordinates32°46′32″N 96°47′59″W / 32.775559°N 96.799631°W / 32.775559; -96.799631

The Confederate War Memorial was a 65 foot (20 m)-high[1] monument that pays tribute to soldiers and sailors from Texas who served with the Confederate States of America (CSA) during the American Civil War. The monument was dedicated in 1897, following the laying of its cornerstone the previous year. Originally located in Sullivan Park (later renamed Old City Park) near downtown Dallas, Texas, United States, the monument was relocated in 1961 to the nearby Pioneer Park Cemetery in the Convention Center District, next to the Dallas Convention Center and Pioneer Plaza.

After the wave of removal of Confederate monuments in 2017, the City of Dallas convened a task force to decide what to do with the memorial and the statue of Robert E. Lee in Lee Park.[2] In February 2019, the Dallas City Council approved removal of the Confederate War Memorial,[3] but the planned removal was later blocked by the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas.[4] In June 2020, amid widespread George Floyd protests and destruction and removal of other Confederate monuments, the court granted an order allowing the city to remove the monument and place it in storage. The monument was removed later the same month.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Scudder, Charles (June 13, 2020). "Confederate monument in Dallas' Pioneer Park can come down, appeals court rules". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. Retrieved June 14, 2020. The 5th District Court of Appeals in Dallas agreed with the city and will allow it to remove the monument "for archival storage pending resolution of the appeal."
  2. ^ CNN (August 18, 2017). "Here are the Confederate memorials that will be removed after Charlottesville". WPTV. Retrieved February 12, 2018. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Smith, Corbett (February 13, 2019). "Dallas City Council votes to take down Confederate War Memorial". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (July 2, 2019). "Appeals court rules Dallas can't remove Confederate War Memorial 'until further notice'". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
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