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Memorial Arch, Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh. Photo courtesy Donald Burgess Tilley Jr.
Source: Memorial Arch, Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh. Photo courtesy Donald Burgess Tilley Jr.

Description: Memorial Arch in Oakwood Cemetery. Images: Front View | Back View

Inscription: 
Right Plaque: ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF OUR / CONFEDERATE DEAD / BY THE / JOHNSTON PETTIGREW / CHAPTER / UNITED DAUGHTERS / OF THE / CONFEDERACY / 1910
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Left Plaque: DEDICATED IN HONOR OT / MRS. A. W. HOFFMAN / 23 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE / AS DIVISION CHAIRMAN OF / CONFEDERATE CEMETERY / BY / JOHNSTON PETTIGREW / CHAPTER #95 / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / 1979
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Dedication date: 5/10/1910

Sponsor: United Daughters of the Confederacy, General James Johnston Pettigrew Chapter

Unveiling & Dedication: Dedicated on Confederate memorial day.

City: Raleigh

County: Wake

Subjects: Civil War

 

Latitude: 
35.7922
Longitude: 
-78.62589
 

Citation

Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina. "Memorial Arch." NCpedia. Commemorative Landscapes of NC, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Accessed on March 30th, 2025. https://www.ncpedia.org/monument/memorial-arch.