The Tallassee Armory
Guards Camp 1921 SCV monument was dedicated on Sunday December 8th. It overlooks the
Tallapoosa River from downtown Tallassee, Alabama and is adjacent to AL Hwy-14. The monument is impressive with a base constructed of brick faced corners and granite monuments embedded into each face listing the Alabama Confederate veterans from the area and tributes to them as well as a listing of the states constituting the Confederacy and the dates of their secession around the top cornice. Atop the base stands a Confederate soldier resting against his rifle and Confederate national flags and the Bonnie Blue fly on flagpoles forming a backdrop.
The ceremony was well
attended and period music was provided by the Tallassee Camp band " Whistlin
Dixie". A period color guard also provided service. Alan Parker of the Montgomery SCV Semple Camp was there and found his grandfather listed on the monument. The ladies of the Order of the Confederate Rose provided
refreshments and a splendid time was had by all in attendance. The Tallassee camp is to be commended for all the hard work making this memorial to our Southern heroes possible.
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