Riverfront in Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Confederate Soldiers Monument

March 11, 2010

1. Confederate Soldiers Monument (front)

Inscription. (front)
1861-1865
To the soldiers of
the Confederacy

Confederates blend your recollections
Let memory weave its bright reflections
Let love revive life’s ashen embers
For love is life since love remembers

PRO ARIS ET FOCIS

This monument is a legacy of Gabriel James Boney
Born Wallace, N.C., 1845 - Died Wilmington, N.C., 1915
A Confederate soldier

(rear)
Erected by a committee under the
testator’s will representing the
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Confederate Veterans’ Association
and his executor

MCMXXIV

Erected 1924 by United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Topics and series. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.

Location. 34° 14.056′ N, 77° 56.754′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is in Riverfront. Marker is at the intersection of South 3rd Street (U.S. 74) and Dock Street, in the median on South 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wilmington NC 28401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker

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. James Gibbons (a few steps from this marker); Washington's Southern Tour (within shouting distance of this marker); Rose Greenhow (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry Bacon (within shouting distance of this marker); Donald MacRae House (within shouting distance of this marker); Kidder House (within shouting distance of this marker); Adam Empie, D.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Webb-Rankin House (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

More about this monument. The Latin phrase Pro Aris Et Focis translates "For Altar and Home"

Also see . . .
1. Confederate Memorial (Wilmington, North Carolina). Wikipedia (Submitted on March 15, 2010.)

2. Pro aris et focis. “Meaning ‘For god and country’ or literally ‘for our altars and our hearths,’ it is used by ancient authors to express attachment to all that was most dear and venerable. It could be more idiomatically translated ‘for our altars and our homes’.” (Submitted on March 21, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.)

Confederate Soldiers Monument (rear) image. Click for full size.

March 11, 2010

2. Confederate Soldiers Monument (rear)

Confederate Soldiers Monument Sculpture image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. J. Prats, February 23, 2010

3. Confederate Soldiers Monument Sculpture

Bronze by Frank H. Packer (1873–1957) is 13¼ feet high.

Sculpture Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. J. Prats, February 23, 2010

4. Sculpture Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,553 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2010. 3, 4. submitted on March 21, 2010, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.