(Submitted) On Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, the Tallassee Armory Guards, SCV Camp 1921 dedicated their Confederate Monument in downtown Tallassee on the grounds of Fort Talisi its camp-owned meeting place.
(Submitted) On Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, the Tallassee Armory Guards, SCV Camp 1921 dedicated their Confederate Monument in downtown Tallassee on the grounds of Fort Talisi its camp-owned meeting place.
On Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, the Tallassee Armory Guards, SCV Camp 1921 dedicated their Confederate Monument in downtown Tallassee on the grounds of Fort Talisi, its camp-owned meeting place. Camp 1921 began a savings account in 2003 which was earmarked for the construction of a Confederate Monument in Tallassee.
Tallassee’s Confederate Monument has a 9-foot base with four 4-foot square granite panels. The north panel has “Our Heroes” at the top with the names and units of Confederate ancestors’ names and units engraved underneath. A tribute to the Confederate soldier is featured on the east panel with several more Confederate Ancestor memorials underneath. The west panel has a poem about the Confederate soldier by Williams Penn, A.K.A. the late Bill Anthony with more Confederate soldier memorials engraved underneath. The south panel has a Confederate battle flag engraved over half of the it with space for additional Confederate soldier memorials underneath.
