Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis

Name: Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Address: Indianapolis, United States

#143 among attractions in Indianapolis

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Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

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Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis

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The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument was a large granite monument that sat at the south entrance of Garfield Park in Indianapolis for nearly a century, before being removed in 2020. It commemorated the Confederate prisoners of war that died at Camp Morton. At 35 feet tall and located in the city's oldest public park, it had been the most prominent of the very few Confederate memorials in the Union state of Indiana. It was dismantled and removed by the city of Indianapolis in June 2020 after a yearslong debate, part of a national wave of removal of Confederate memorials during the Black Lives Matter movement. ()

Completed: 1912 (112 years ago)Width: 20 ftCoordinates: 39°43'51"N, 86°8'38"W

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South Side (Garfield Park)Indianapolis United States

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Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lucas Oil Stadium, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Slippery Noodle Inn, The Idle.

2.3 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Sport complex
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
59 min walk • Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts and opened on August 16, 2008.
2.4 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
61 min walk • Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena.
2.3 miN
Nightlife, Restaurant
Slippery Noodle Inn, Indianapolis
58 min walk • The Slippery Noodle Inn is a large blues bar and restaurant with two performance stages in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It also has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating bar in the state of Indiana, having opened in 1850 as the Tremont House.
1.7 miN
Park
The Idle, Indianapolis
44 min walk • The Idle is a public park overlooking the I-65 and I-70 interstate interchanges in Indianapolis, Indiana. The park is located right off the Indianapolis Cultural Trail on Virginia Avenue, directly in-between the city's Fletcher Place and Fountain Square neighborhoods, which themselves are geographically separated by I-65.
~1020 ftNW
Park
Garfield Park, Indianapolis
5 min walk • Garfield Park is a 128-acre regional city park in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Established in the late 19th century, it is the oldest city park in Indianapolis and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.5 miN
Museum, Shop, Event space
G. C. Murphy Building, Indianapolis
40 min walk • The G.C. Murphy Building, better known as "The Murphy" or "The Murphy Building" was built in 1884 and is located at 1043 Virginia Avenue in the historic Fountain Square District of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The G.C.
1.5 miS
Universities and schools
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis
40 min walk • The University of Indianapolis is a private United Methodist Church-affiliated university in Indianapolis, Indiana. It offers Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees.
1.6 miN
39°45'14"N • 86°8'21"W
Arthur's Music Store, Indianapolis
42 min walk • Universities and schools
1.5 miN
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis
40 min walk • Indianapolis Contemporary, formerly known as the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art or iMOCA, features exhibitions of contemporary art. Currently, the organization has a new show every season. In 2020, the gallery's board voted to begin closing down operations, a result of financial strains caused by COVID-19.
1.8 miSE
Church
First Church of Cannabis, Indianapolis
45 min walk • The First Church of Cannabis is a cannabis-based registered church in the U.S. state of Indiana founded in March 2015 by Bill Levin.
1.9 miN
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Fletcher Place, Indianapolis
49 min walk • Fletcher Place is a historic district and neighborhood in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana named after Calvin Fletcher, a prominent local banker, farmer and state senator.