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The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument was a monument in
The statue shows Glory supporting a fallen soldier, his standard lowered but her wreath of History held high. The inscription at the base of the monument read, "GLORIA VICTIS", meaning "Glory to the Vanquished" and ''To The Soldiers and Sailors of Maryland in the Service of The
Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...
, Maryland, installed in 1903 and removed in 2017.
Description and history
The Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy raised money for the monument privately and commissioned a sculptor from New York City, F. Wellington Ruckstuhl to build it. The monument was dedicated on May 2, 1903.
The statue shows Glory supporting a fallen soldier, his standard lowered but her wreath of History held high. The inscription at the base of the monument read, "GLORIA VICTIS", meaning "Glory to the Vanquished" and ''To The Soldiers and Sailors of Maryland in the Service of The Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or Dixieland, was an List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United State ...
, 1861–1865.'' On the right side it read: " Deo vindice", on the left: " Fatti maschii, parole femine" and on the rear ''Glory Stands Beside Our Grief. Erected by the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy, February 1903.''
The monument was marked in June 2015, with "Black Lives Matter
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" scrawled across its side in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting
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. In August 2017, its statue was covered with red paint. It was removed during the same month along with all other Confederate monuments in the city after the Baltimore City Council unanimously voted on August 14, 2017, to have it removed along with the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument, the Roger B. Taney Sculpture, and the Confederate Women's Monument.
See also
* List of Confederate monuments and memorials * List of public art in Baltimore * Removal of Confederate monuments and memorialsReferences
External links
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