Confederate Monument, Texarkana
Forest Trail Region
500 State Line Ave.
Texarkana, TX 75501
Dedicated in 1918, the Confederate Memorial commemorates soldiers of the Confederacy and their mothers.This memorial features a statue of a Confederate soldier facing north above the statue of a Confederate mother. The inscription on the base of the soldier reads: "To our loyal Confederates." The inscription on the mother's base reads: "O Great Confederate Mothers, we would print your names on monuments, that men may read them as the years go by and tribute pay to you, who bore and nurtured hero sons and gave them solace on that darkest hour, when they came home with broken swords and guns."