Capitol Hill in Seattle in King County, Washington — The American West (Northwest)

United Confederate Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 28, 2017

1. United Confederate Veterans Memorial

Inscription. In Memory of the
United Confederate Veterans
1861 - 1865

Erected 1926 by Robert E. Lee Chapter Number 885 United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Time Capsules, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy series lists.

Location. 47° 38.06′ N, 122° 18.856′ W. Memorial has been reported damaged. Memorial is in Seattle, Washington, in King County. It is in Capitol Hill. It can be reached from 15th Avenue East. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Seattle WA 98112, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Washington’s Puget Sound Region.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast,

in the Pacific Northwest,

and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

in the Inside Passage,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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walking distance of this location: The Reverend George Whitworth Grave (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rainier Chapter House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (approx. ¾ mile away); Turn of the Century Anchor (approx. 0.8 miles away); Seattle Yacht Club - Main Station (approx. 0.8 miles away); Boeing's Lake Union Seaplane Hangar (approx. 0.9 miles away); L'Amourita (approx. one mile away); 1890 Seattle Fire Department Bell (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Seattle.

More about this memorial. Located in Lake View Cemetery, this is the only Confederate war memorial in the Pacific Northwest and accessible during daylight hours. There are 11 Confederate war veterans interred here. This monument also contains a time capsule underneath its base.

There is another Civil War memorial located just yards to the north and part of a Union Civil War veterans cemetery created by chapter members of the Grand Army of the Republic in the late 1890s.

The Daughters imported the 10-ton slab of Georgia granite to create this doorway-like structure from Stone Mountain, Georgia

United Confederate Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 28, 2017

2. United Confederate Veterans Memorial Marker

(where the largest bas-relief in the world is carved—a memorial depicting President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson). The memorial is comprised of two stone columns and topped by a pediment. Bronze details adorn the monument including a Southern cross, stars and bars, and a plaque of Robert E. Lee’s face (they were removed by protesters in 2005 but later restored).

Regarding United Confederate Veterans Memorial. [Note by submitter, August 8, 2018] This Confederate veterans war memorial came into the spotlight in August, 2017 along with other Confederate war memorials throughout the country, after protests following the removal of a Robert E. Lee Confederate memorial in Charlottesville, Virginia. Petitions signed by citizens throughout Seattle focused on the removal of this war memorial as a symbol of hate and racial divide and a constant reminder of Seattle's early history of white supremacy.

One year later, this war memorial still stands in Lake View Cemetery, mainly because it's on private property owned by the Lake View Cemetery Association. The public outcries for its removal have

Photographed by Seattle Times

3. United Confederate Veterans Memorial

A news clipping talks about the construction and installation of the granite Confederate monument, put up in Seattle’s Lakeview Cemetery in 1926 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

subsided (for now) but there is always the potential for certain individuals to bring this monument of controversial history back into the spotlight if/when the next racial uprising takes place somewhere in our country.

The monument was toppled and vandalized on July 4, 2020.

Also see . . . Why is a Confederate memorial in Seattle? A Q and A about its creation. An excellent online article providing historical information on this controversial war memorial in Seattle. (Submitted on August 8, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.)

Additional commentary.
1. Monument was permanently toppled and broken in 2020.
The Confederate Memorial at Seattle's private Lake View Cemetery was built with a sealed time capsule preserved inside its cornerstone when it was dedicated on April 11, 1926. The contents remain largely a mystery and were left undisturbed when the 10-ton monument was permanently toppled and broken during the July 4th weekend in 2020. Source: Channel 7 KIRO News

— Submitted May 19, 2026, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, March 28, 2017

4. United Confederate Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 1,494 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 8, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.