The Confederate Monument in Wilmington, NC, was a sculpture erected to honor the courage and self-sacrifice of New Hanover County's Confederate soldiers. Designed by Francis Herman Packer and Henry Bacon, the monument featured two bronze sculptural figures representing Confederate soldiers as symbols of courage and sacrifice. The standing soldier, portrayed in motion and elegance, held his rifle with the bayonet pointing upward, while protecting the fallen comrade. The monument, inscribed with a commemoration in verse and the Latin phrase "Pro Aris et Focis" (for our altars and hearths), was unveiled on November 6, 1924, and was removed on June 25, 2020.
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