Confederate Memorial Park, Sculpture in Albany, Georgia, United States
Confederate Memorial Park is a small park on Philema Road across from Chehaw Park, holding a stone monument to Albany's Confederate veterans of the American Civil War. One side of the monument bears the inscription "They Fought Not For Conquest, But For Liberty And Their Own Homes."
The stone monument to Albany's Confederate veterans was first placed downtown at the Jackson Street and Pine Avenue intersection. It was moved to the grounds of the Albany Municipal Auditorium, then to Oakview Cemetery, and finally to its present site on Philema Road across from Chehaw Park, where it was rededicated on January 22, 2000.
The monument's inscription reads "They Fought Not For Conquest, But For Liberty And Their Own Homes." The Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy own and maintain the park, and members of those groups rededicated the monument on January 22, 2000, after its last move to Philema Road.
The park sits on Philema Road, across from Chehaw Park, outside Albany's downtown. The stone monument stands in the open within the park grounds, so visitors can walk up to it and read the inscription on its side. The site is owned and maintained by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The monument carries the inscription "They Fought Not For Conquest, But For Liberty And Their Own Homes." It stood for decades in the middle of the Jackson Street and Pine Avenue intersection in downtown Albany before being moved to the municipal auditorium grounds, then Oakview Cemetery, and finally Philema Road.
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