Confederate Women's Monument Historical

Confederate Women's Monument Historical (HM1X57)

Location: Baltimore, MD 21210
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 19.992', W 76° 37.098'

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Reconciling History

—Baltimore's Confederate Monuments —

Dedicated in 1917, this monument was part of a national movement spearheaded by the United Confederate Veterans to place a monument recognizing the sacrifices of Confederate women in the capitals of thirteen Southern states. It was founded by the Maryland Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the United Confederate Veterans, and the State of Maryland.

In this monument, the kneeling woman cradling a dying soldier depicts a pieta, a representation of the Virgin Mary holding the dying body of Christ following the crucifixion. The soldier lies in a bed of wheat, a symbol of self-sacrifice and resurrection. This monument, installed more than fifty years after the Civil War, allegorically asserts that the Confederate cause, like Christ, would rise again.

Monuments like this one helped to perpetuate the ideology of the "Lost Cause" movement which began shortly after the Civil War to promote the views of Confederate sympathizers about the causes and events of the Civil War. Popular national organizations, such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, perpetuated many of the Lost Cause tenets, which portrayed slavery as benign, secession as justified, and advocated for white supremacy. In the same decade that this monument was installed Baltimore City adopted racial segregation housing ordinances and deed covenants,
supported segregation policies in public spaces an programs, and unequally funded African American school budgets, infrastructure improvements, and public programs.

In 2015, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed a Special Commission to Review Baltimore's Public Confederate Monuments to provide recommendations based on informed decisions and citizen input on how to address Baltimore's monuments that honor the Confederacy and the Lost Cause Movement. This commission concluded that this monument was part of a propaganda campaign of national pro-Confederate organizations to perpetuate the beliefs of white supremacy, falsify history, and support segregation and racial intimidation.

This plaque serves to inform the public on the history of Baltimore's Confederate monuments. For more information, please review the Special Commission to Review Baltimore's Public Confederate Monuments Report to Mayor Rawlings-Blake located at w.w.w.chap.baltimorecity.gov.

Sign content developed by the Baltimore City Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation. Graphic design services provided by the Baltimore National Heritage Area.
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HM NumberHM1X57
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Date Added Monday, March 6th, 2017 at 5:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 360524 N 4355001
Decimal Degrees39.33320000, -76.61830000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 19.992', W 76° 37.098'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 19' 59.52" N, 76° 37' 5.88" W
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Area Code(s)410, 443
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 105 W University Pkwy, Baltimore MD 21210, US
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