Campaign to Remove Confederate Monuments
This monument features a large bronze bas-relief portrait tablet of Confederate General Robert E. Lee for whom Lee County was named. The bas-relief is attached to a free standing red brick wall like structure almost 11 feet wide and 7 feet tall including two flanking support columns. White brick tops the structure and outline the […]
The Confederate monument in Yancey County is a simple gable topped marker in the style of a large gravestone made of granite. It stands just over 6.5 feet tall on a granite foundation. It is 4.5 feet wide and faces in an east/west orientation. Inscriptions appear at the top of both sides of the marker […]
This monument is composed a large, square piece of granite. It bears a color inlay of North Carolina’s flag of 1861, ratified just after the state seceded from the Union. The inscription on the front commemorates the service of more than 1,500 Gaston County men who served as soldiers for the Confederacy. The rear of […]
The memorial is in the form of a narrow slab of granite with a gable top on a single base. Incised into the front is a Confederate soldier who is wearing a kepi military hat, bed roll over one shoulder, and holding a musket. The rear has a pair of crossed flags in color. The […]
