Denton Confederate Soldier Monument, Confederate memorial at Courthouse Square in Denton, Texas.
The Denton Confederate Soldier Monument was an outdoor memorial in downtown Denton, Texas, consisting of an armed Confederate soldier standing on an arch inscribed "Our Confederate soldiers". Its left pillar recorded that the Daughters of the Confederacy erected it in memory of soldiers who gave their lives to the South; the right pillar carried a verse about their names graved on memorial columns.
The monument was erected in 1918 by the Katie Daffan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor soldiers from the Civil War. It remained on the public square for nearly a century.
The arch bears the inscription "Our Confederate soldiers", and the left pillar credits the Daughters of the Confederacy with erecting it in memory of soldiers who "gave their lives to the South". A nearby standalone plaque, added later, states that God created all men equal and that "We are all one, citizens of Denton County".
The statue was removed in 2020 and its components are now held at the Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum, where they are displayed with historical context. Visitors can view this collection at the museum to learn more about the site's complex history.
A local resident named Willie Hudspeth conducted regular protests against the statue for over 20 years. His decades-long efforts ultimately contributed to its removal in 2020.
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