Confederate Memorial State Historic Site

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Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
Map showing the location of Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
Map showing the location of Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
Location in Missouri
Map showing the location of Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
Map showing the location of Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
Confederate Memorial State Historic Site (the United States)
Nearest cityHigginsville, Missouri
Coordinates39°5′54″N 93°43′45″W / 39.09833°N 93.72917°W / 39.09833; -93.72917
Area135.22 acres (54.72 ha)
Established1952
Visitors151,026 (in 2020)
Governing bodyMissouri Department of Natural Resources
WebsiteConfederate Memorial State Historic Site
Confederate Chapel, Cemetery and Cottage
Nearest cityHigginsville, Missouri
Area5.6 acres (2.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.81000335
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1981

The Confederate Memorial State Historic Site is a state-owned property occupying approximately 135

Lion of Lucerne
. In addition to the cemetery and historic structures, the grounds also contain trails, picnic sites, and fishing ponds.

History

After the end of the

board of trustees
was still composed of Confederate veterans. Facilities for producing electricity existed at the site, and about 30 buildings were located on the grounds at its peak. Over the course of the site's use as an old soldiers' home, about 1,600 people from all but one state of the
hard cider.[3] In 1925, Missouri designated 92 acres (37 ha) of the home as a memorial to Confederate soldiers.[3] It remained in operation until 1950, when the last Confederate veteran in the state died, after which the state government purchased the site to operate as a state park.[1]

The state's land acquisition process was completed in 1952.

United States flag and the flag of Missouri could be flown on state parks; the Confederate flag was displayed, not flown, while the site was used as an old soldiers' home. While many Confederate monuments and memorials have been removed in recent years, there has been very little pressure to remove or rename the site. The journalist Seth Boester, writing for the Columbia Missourian has speculated that this is because the site's historic usage as a retirement home makes it less controversial.[1]

Features

William Quantrill's grave in the Confederate cemetery

The

weatherboard.[3] Weddings can be held within the chapel.[9]

The Confederate cemetery at the park contains 723 graves, some of which are double. Most of the headstones marking the graves are simple, although a few ornate exceptions exist. A monument modeled after the

Lion of Lucerne is located within the cemetery; it was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1906 and bears the inscription "In Memoriam  OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD". A plaque on the monument pictures Robert E. Lee, and a religious inscription is engraved below the lion. The cottage is a wood building on a brick foundation; it is roofed with shingles and is generally rectangularly shaped.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Boester, Seth (November 25, 2018). "Missouri's Largest Confederate Memorial Has Drawn Little Controversy". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "General Information". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Barbara Carr (April 1980). "Confederate Chapel, Cemetery and Cottage" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 12 photographs from 1980)
  4. ^ "State Park Land Acquisition Summary". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "National Register Database and Research". National Park Service. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "Confederate Memorial State Historic Site" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  7. ^ "Confederate Memorial State Historic Site Map" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Confederate Memorial State Historic Site". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Chapel at Confederate Memorial State Historic Site". Missouri State Parks. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

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