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The Bentonville Confederate Monument was installed in
Bentonville, Arkansas Bentonville is a city in and the county seat of Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers, Arkansas, Rogers adjacent to the east. The city proper had a population of 54,164 at the 2020 Unite ...
, United States. It was removed from the town square in September 2020 and relocated to the private James H. Berry Park in July 2023.


Description and history

Placed in the center of Square Park, the granite statue of a
Confederate A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...
soldier standing at parade rest was placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908. A later plaque honors James Henderson Berry, a Confederate soldier with the 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment who would later become the first Arkansas Governor from Benton County. The inscription reads "They Fought For Home and Fatherland. Their Names are Borne On Honors Shield. Their Record Is With God.". The statue was manufactured in Barre, Vermont. Although the park was deeded to the
United Daughters of the Confederacy The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, a ...
for use as a park in perpetuity, the chapter had disbanded prior to 1996. Benton County took control of the park, and allowed the City of Bentonville to take over care and maintenance. The monument was added to the
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(NRHP) in 1996. In September 2020, after years of controversy over Confederate monuments nationwide, the monument was removed from the Bentonville Square. In February 2022, the Bentonville city planning commission announced a plan for the statue to be placed at a new park. The privately owned and operated park, named after James H. Berry, will feature the Statue and original base as the centerpiece, with the park located next to the Bentonville Cemetery. The new park opened in July 2023 and the statue is now back in public view.


Inscriptions

North face: East face: South face: West face: Metal plate added to west face on January 30, 1914:


See also

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Downtown Bentonville Downtown Bentonville is the historic business district of Bentonville, Arkansas. The region is the location of Walmart Home Office; city and county government facilities; and most of Bentonville's tourist attractions for the city and contains ma ...
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List of Confederate monuments and memorials Confederate monuments and memorials in the United States include public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Many monuments and memorials Removal ...
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List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests During the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This oc ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Ar ...


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