Brooksville in Hernando County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Hernando County Confederate Monument
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 20, 2018
1. Hernando County Confederate Monument
(southwest side)
1861-1865
Erected by
Brooksville Chapter No. 71
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy
June 3, 1916.
”Love Makes Memory Eternal.”
Confederate Soldiers
(northeast side)
”We care not whence they came;
whether unknown or known to fame;
their cause and country still the same;
they died and were the gray,” -
leaving to posterity, a glorious heritage -
an imperishable record of dauntless valor.
Erected 1916 by Brooksville Chapter No. 71, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
Location. 28° 33.304′ N, 82° 23.261′ W. Monument is in Brooksville, Florida, in Hernando County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and North Broad Street (U.S. 98), on the left when traveling south on North Main Street. Monument and statue are located at the southwest corner of the Hernando County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map.
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Regionally, this memorial monument is on Florida’s Gulf Coast and on Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hernando County (a few steps from this marker); Hernando County War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Hernando County Global War on Terrorism Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); City of Brooksville (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); 1885 Train Depot (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Sidewalk (approx. 0.4 miles away); St. Anthony the Abbot Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Grave of Charlotte Wynn Pyles Crum
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 20, 2018
2. Hernando County Confederate Monument (all four sides)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 20, 2018
3. Hernando County Confederate Monument (southwest corner of county courthouse grounds)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2019. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,141 times since then and 129 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 18, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
