"Confederate Memorial Park."

"Located 37 miles north of Montgomery just off U.S.31. A spacious house with adjoining buildings on 103 acres of land was given to Ala. in 1901 by Col. Jefferson Manly Falkner, Confederate States Army, for a home and cemetery for Confederate soldiers. In 1937 the home was closed and the cemeter...

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"Confederate Memorial Park."
fulltopic Alabama Photographs and Pictures
Monuments & memorials; Parks; Mountain Creek (Ala.); Chilton County (Ala.)
description "Located 37 miles north of Montgomery just off U.S.31. A spacious house with adjoining buildings on 103 acres of land was given to Ala. in 1901 by Col. Jefferson Manly Falkner, Confederate States Army, for a home and cemetery for Confederate soldiers. In 1937 the home was closed and the cemetery was neglected. Just the 2 cemeteries remain from the Home" as it was from 1902 to 1937. The Alabama Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans have had Memorial services at the cemetery annually since 1956. Ala. Legislature established it as a Confederate Memorial Park in 1964. At UDC Annual Convention in 1965 Gov. George C. Wallace announced the first appropriation for its restoration."
spelling Q0000088544Q88544"Confederate Memorial Park.""Located 37 miles north of Montgomery just off U.S.31. A spacious house with adjoining buildings on 103 acres of land was given to Ala. in 1901 by Col. Jefferson Manly Falkner, Confederate States Army, for a home and cemetery for Confederate soldiers. In 1937 the home was closed and the cemetery was neglected. Just the 2 cemeteries remain from the Home" as it was from 1902 to 1937. The Alabama Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans have had Memorial services at the cemetery annually since 1956. Ala. Legislature established it as a Confederate Memorial Park in 1964. At UDC Annual Convention in 1965 Gov. George C. Wallace announced the first appropriation for its restoration."1960-1969; 1970-1979Monuments & memorials; Parks; Mountain Creek (Ala.); Chilton County (Ala.)Still imagePostcardsAlabama. Department of Archives and HistoryAlabama Department of Archives and History postcard collectionLPP45, #2882Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/33139
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