War+Monument+in+Lexington,+South+Carolina

//** War Monument in Lexington, South Carolina **//

On August 5, 1880, an organization called the Ladies Monumental Association was organized in Lexington, South Carolina. A meeting was held to plan to create a monument to remember the men in Lexington that had died in the war. The monument was presented with a ceremony in 1885.The monument was moved across the street and is still there today. It is beside the grounds that a courthouse built in 1940 now stands.





 Credit: Riley, Louise J. __Sherman's Army Marches into South Carolina and Lexington County February 1865__. 2010.