According to family history, my great grandfather Adolph left Germany to avoid being drafted into the army. But years after he settled in Texas, he answered the call to service and put on the grey uniform of the Confederacy.
The local United Daughters of the Confederacy commissioned this statue which was dedicated in 1912. Family history also holds that the community ran out of funds to pay for the memorial and great grandpa donated the remaining balance.
Created by Pompeo Coppini,* the Confederate War Memorial in Victoria, Texas is an amazing work of art. I made a point of seeing it today. We walked the block between some of what had been my great grandfather's property and the park where the statue has stood for some 101 years.
And here it is:
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| Don't ask me. What good memorial would photograph without spooky things in the frame. (Same camera - within moments of the other photos.) |
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