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click on the photos for larger versions of the images. Use your browser’s “back” button to return here.The Confederate Monument
Dedicated on April 10, 1874, this was the first Civil War burial monument constructed in New Orleans. Financed by the Ladies Benevolent Association of Louisiana, this mass grave is the resting place of over six hundred Confederate soldiers whose remains were reinterred here, some from Chalmette National Cemetery. The monument, designed by architect Benjamin M. Harrod and built by contractor George Stroud, consists of a statue of a Confederate soldier and the busts of four Confederate generals. They are, on the south side, Robert E. Lee, on the west side “Stonewall” Jackson, on the north Albert Sidney Johnson, and Leonidas Polk on the eastern side. The statue and four busts were carved in Italy. The Fireman’s Monument
This neo-Gothic monument is not a tomb, but a memorial to the many volunteer fire companies that protected New Orleans prior to formation of a paid NOFD in 1891. The monument was designed and erected by Charles A. Orleans in 1887.
The statue at the center of the Fireman’s Monument is a volunteer fireman scuplted by Alexander Doyle. B.P.O.E. Lodge No. 30
This is a tumulus topped by a large bronze elk, the symbol of the lodge. Atop two Doric columns at the entrance is a clock whose hands are carved into the position of the hour of eleven, another symbol of the Elks.
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