The Robert E. Lee Monument (also known as the Marianna Confederate Monument) is a U. D. C.

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built to honor Lee County's

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. The monument was carved by the McNeel Marble Co. It is located in Marianna,

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, across from the Lee County Courthouse. Dedicated in 1910, it is one of several monuments built to honor Confederate soldiers. The structure is a local tourist attraction and, since 1996, has been listed in the

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Made entirely of

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, the Marianna Confederate Monument consists of a

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of the

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, Robert E. Lee, in

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. The Lee statue is mounted on a

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high, with a

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at its base which is fed by two downward-pointing sculpted

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. The memorial was sponsored and funded by D. C. Govan Chapter No. 781 of the U. D. C., and dedicated to the "loving memory of Lee County's Confederate soldiers."

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Marianna, Arkansas Marianna is a town in and the county seat of Lee County, Arkansas, Lee County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 4,115, but by 2018 the population had dropped to an estimated 3,477. Lo ...

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