Confederate Soldier Memorial Traditional Geocache
Confederate Soldier Memorial
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This cache was part of the Very First Helena Geo Tour (May 2015-May 2016).
The nearby fountain is a memorial erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy to honor their fallen soldiers. It was not working for many years, but recently the fountain was repaired and flows during the summer. We are accustomed to seeing "To Our Confederate Dead", but in the Southern States, which were Confederate... not in the capitol city of Montana. With that said, this makes the northernmost memorial to the Confederacy in the United States!
Reading up on this 'memorial' has been an interesting one that is for sure! Erected in 1916, over half century after the Civil War had ended and a quarter of a century after Montana actually became a state, the United Daughters of the Confederacy memorialized the Rebel Cause.
Stealth will be required at times and please bring a scribblin' stick.
For those who believe Montana was far removed from the Civil War, take a stroll through Helena's Hill Park and admire the granite fountain prominently standing there. The Confederate Memorial Fountain was erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1916. As you read the inscription, "A Longing Tribute to Our Confederate Soldiers," realize that you are in the presence of the only Confederate monument in Montana and the Northwest and one of the few such tributes to the Confederacy in the northern United States. Hill Park, once known as Great Northern Park, is south of the distinctive Civic Center between Neill Avenue and North Park Avenue. It's near the heart of the capital city on the western rim of historic Last Chance Gulch. Confederate Veteran magazine covered the unveiling of this Confederate memorial: "The 5th of September, 1916, was made memorable in the city of Helena, Mont., by the presentation of the Confederate memorial fountain as a gift from the Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. C. (United Daughters of the Confederacy)," the magazine wrote. "It was in 1903 that this Chapter began its work for a Confederate memorial, and in this it was aided by other Chapters of the State. So on the evening of September 5, in the glow of the low Montana twilight, an interested throng gathered to witness the unveiling
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