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Title
Riverside Cemetery Confederate Veterans' Memorial (Commerce City, Colorado)
Description
Flagpole flying a 13-star Confederate national flag above a base of 42 red-brick pavers engraved with the name, unit, and dates of service of a Confederate soldier. A red sandstone bench and grey marble headstone, engraved with a dedication to Colorado's Confederate Veterans by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, originally marked the base of the flagpole. Both have been removed.
Creator
Unknown
Source
american,confederatemonument,ceremonialbuiltworks
Contributor
Lisa Bain
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2012
Extent
0.6096m x 1.7271999999999998m x 6.096000000000001m
Spatial Coverage
current,39.793197613460485,-104.96624403057518;
Rights Holder
Unknown
Europeana
Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
Riverside Cemetery Confederate Veterans’ Memorial
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/_Riverside_Cemetery_Confederate_Veterans’_Memorial
Monument Type
Flagpole
Erected by
Sterling Price Camp #676 (a subdivision of the Colorado Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans)
Funded by
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sterling Price Camp #676
Run by
Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Material
Aluminum flagpole and red-brick pavers.
Inscription
A grey marble headstone (in place in May 2021 when early photos of the site were taken, but removed as of September 2021) at the base of the flagpole is engraved with the dedication, "In honor of Colorado's Confederate Veterans who served during the War Between the States 1861-1865. Dedicated by the Colorado Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 2003." Below that dedication are two engraved Confederate flags; the border of the leftmost, a Confederate Battle Flag, is engraved with the words "Sons of Confederate Veterans 1896," and in the center of the flag on the right, a Confederate Navy Ensign, are the words "Colorado S.C.V.". Forty two red-brick pavers, each engraved with the name, unit, and dates of service of a Confederate soldier, create a path to the base of the flag pole. No soldier whose name is engraved on a brick is buried at Riverside Cemetery, however at least seven other Confederate soldiers are buried there.
Cost
approximately $500 for marble headstone and red sandstone bench (now removed)
State
Colorado
County
Denver County
Prim Media
2316
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Commerce City