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The '''DeKalb County Confederate Monument''' is a Confederate memorial that formerly stood in [[Decatur, Georgia]], United States. The 30-foot stone obelisk was erected by the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] near the old county courthouse in 1908.<ref name="AP"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Georgia judge orders Decatur Confederate monument relocated |url=https://apnews.com/f6dd7b874f186cc4e7231ba115ed8541 |work=Associated Press |date=June 12, 2020}}</ref> On June 12, 2020, the removal of the monument was ordered by Superior Court Justice [[Clarence Seeliger]] on the grounds that it constituted a [[public nuisance]] under the Georgia code.<ref>Whisenhunt, Dan (June 12, 2020). [https://decaturish.com/2020/06/judge-orders-removal-of-confederate-monument-in-decatur-square/ Judge Orders Removal of Confederate Monument in Decatur Square]. ''Decaturish''. Retrieved June 13, 2020.</ref> The monument, removed on June 18, was among a number of [[List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests|memorials removed]] following the [[killing of George Floyd]] in [[Minneapolis]] in May 2020.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |title=Confederate obelisk removed from Georgia square amid cheers |url=https://apnews.com/6c2f93bf5d7c2fab34ff136f47512f8a |work=Associated Press |date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
The '''DeKalb County Confederate Monument''' is a Confederate memorial that formerly stood in [[Decatur, Georgia]], United States. The {{convert|30|foot||adj=mid| stone obelisk}} was erected by the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] near the old county courthouse in 1908.<ref name="AP"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Georgia judge orders Decatur Confederate monument relocated |url=https://apnews.com/f6dd7b874f186cc4e7231ba115ed8541 |work=Associated Press |date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619122004/https://apnews.com/f6dd7b874f186cc4e7231ba115ed8541 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Description==
The text on the base of the monument read as follows:

South Face: "Erected by the men and women and children of Dekalb County, to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederacy, of whose virtues in peace and in war we are witnesses, to the end that justice may be done and that the truth perish not."

West Face: "After forty two years another generation bears witness to the future that these men were of a covenant keeping race who held fast to the faith as it was given by the fathers of the Republic. Modest in prosperity, gentle in peace, brave in battle, and undespairing in defeat, they knew no law of life but loyalty and truth and civic faith, and to these virtues they consecrated their strength."

North Face: "These men held that the states made the union, that the Constitution is the evidence of the covenant, that the people of the State are subject to no power except as they have agreed, that free convention binds the parties to it, that there is sanctity in oaths and obligations in contracts, and in defense of these principles they mutually pledged their live, their fortunes, and their sacred honor."

East Face: "How well they kept the faith is faintly written in the records of the armies and the history of the times. We who knew them testify that as their courage was without a precedent their fortitude has been without a parallel. May their prosperity be worthy."<ref>Whisenhunt, Dan (June 18, 2020). [https://decaturish.com/2020/06/police-construction-equipment-seen-near-decatur-square-as-rumors-swirl-about-confederate-monument/ Workers remove Confederate monument from Decatur Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920043312/https://decaturish.com/2020/06/police-construction-equipment-seen-near-decatur-square-as-rumors-swirl-about-confederate-monument/ |date=September 20, 2020 }}. ''Decaturish''. Retrieved August 1, 2020.</ref>

==History==
On June 12, 2020, following activism by the protest group Beacon Hill Decatur and Decatur High School students, the removal of the monument was ordered by Superior Court Justice [[Clarence Seeliger]] on the grounds that it constituted a [[public nuisance]] under the Georgia code.<ref>Whisenhunt, Dan (June 12, 2020). [https://decaturish.com/2020/06/judge-orders-removal-of-confederate-monument-in-decatur-square/ Judge Orders Removal of Confederate Monument in Decatur Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614003610/https://decaturish.com/2020/06/judge-orders-removal-of-confederate-monument-in-decatur-square/ |date=June 14, 2020 }}. ''Decaturish''. Retrieved June 13, 2020.</ref> The monument, removed on June 18, was among a number of [[List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests|memorials removed]] following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in [[Minneapolis]] in May 2020.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |title=Confederate obelisk removed from Georgia square amid cheers |url=https://apnews.com/6c2f93bf5d7c2fab34ff136f47512f8a |work=Associated Press |date=June 19, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619121625/https://apnews.com/6c2f93bf5d7c2fab34ff136f47512f8a |url-status=live }}</ref> Several days later, a [[Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Decatur, Georgia)|statue of Thomas Jefferson]] was also removed from near the courthouse.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Capelouto|first=J. D.|date=June 23, 2020|title=Statue of Thomas Jefferson in downtown Decatur removed|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/statue-thomas-jefferson-downtown-decatur-removed/t2sW24ZnjXPdTruQ1wFRKN/|url-status=live|access-date=September 18, 2020|website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|publisher=[[Cox Enterprises]]|language=English|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623065647/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/statue-thomas-jefferson-downtown-decatur-removed/t2sW24ZnjXPdTruQ1wFRKN/ |archive-date=June 23, 2020 }}</ref>

In January 2021, city officials announced plans to erect a statue of civil rights hero and former U.S. Congressman [[John Lewis]] where the monument stood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morava |first1=Maria |last2=Ahmed |first2=Saeed |title=A Georgia city is replacing a Confederate monument with a statue of civil rights hero John Lewis |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/29/us/georgia-monument-decatur-john-lewis-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1YIUnd9saOTcajXFGtOuLZ5YNsTkiBqlrTSw-IbCxvN1Kv7_3IZRcLpbs |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=CNN |date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615034322/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/29/us/georgia-monument-decatur-john-lewis-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That statue was unveiled in August 2024.<ref> {{Cite news |last=Aratani |first=Lauren |date=2024-08-24 |title=Statue of John Lewis unveiled in Georgia to honor late civil rights leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/24/john-lewis-statue-atlanta-georgia |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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DeKalb County Confederate Monument
DeKalb County Courthouse, with the Confederate monument in front (2011)
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33°46′30″N 84°17′47″W / 33.774871°N 84.296497°W / 33.774871; -84.296497
LocationDecatur, Georgia, United States
Height30 feet (9.1 m)
Dedicated date1908
Dedicated toConfederate States of America

The DeKalb County Confederate Monument is a Confederate memorial that formerly stood in Decatur, Georgia, United States. The 30-foot stone obelisk (9.1 m) was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy near the old county courthouse in 1908.[1][2]

Description

The text on the base of the monument read as follows:

South Face: "Erected by the men and women and children of Dekalb County, to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederacy, of whose virtues in peace and in war we are witnesses, to the end that justice may be done and that the truth perish not."

West Face: "After forty two years another generation bears witness to the future that these men were of a covenant keeping race who held fast to the faith as it was given by the fathers of the Republic. Modest in prosperity, gentle in peace, brave in battle, and undespairing in defeat, they knew no law of life but loyalty and truth and civic faith, and to these virtues they consecrated their strength."

North Face: "These men held that the states made the union, that the Constitution is the evidence of the covenant, that the people of the State are subject to no power except as they have agreed, that free convention binds the parties to it, that there is sanctity in oaths and obligations in contracts, and in defense of these principles they mutually pledged their live, their fortunes, and their sacred honor."

East Face: "How well they kept the faith is faintly written in the records of the armies and the history of the times. We who knew them testify that as their courage was without a precedent their fortitude has been without a parallel. May their prosperity be worthy."[3]

History

On June 12, 2020, following activism by the protest group Beacon Hill Decatur and Decatur High School students, the removal of the monument was ordered by Superior Court Justice Clarence Seeliger on the grounds that it constituted a public nuisance under the Georgia code.[4] The monument, removed on June 18, was among a number of memorials removed following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020.[1] Several days later, a statue of Thomas Jefferson was also removed from near the courthouse.[5]

In January 2021, city officials announced plans to erect a statue of civil rights hero and former U.S. Congressman John Lewis where the monument stood.[6] That statue was unveiled in August 2024.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Confederate obelisk removed from Georgia square amid cheers". Associated Press. June 19, 2020. Archived from the original on June 19, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Georgia judge orders Decatur Confederate monument relocated". Associated Press. June 12, 2020. Archived from the original on June 19, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Whisenhunt, Dan (June 18, 2020). Workers remove Confederate monument from Decatur Square Archived September 20, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. Decaturish. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Whisenhunt, Dan (June 12, 2020). Judge Orders Removal of Confederate Monument in Decatur Square Archived June 14, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. Decaturish. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Capelouto, J. D. (June 23, 2020). "Statue of Thomas Jefferson in downtown Decatur removed". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Morava, Maria; Ahmed, Saeed (January 29, 2021). "A Georgia city is replacing a Confederate monument with a statue of civil rights hero John Lewis". CNN. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Aratani, Lauren (August 24, 2024). "Statue of John Lewis unveiled in Georgia to honor late civil rights leader". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
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