Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 96000451 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Built 1911 (1911) Opened 1911 Added to NRHP 26 April 1996 | |
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Location MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas Part of MacArthur Park Historic District (#77000269) MPS Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS Similar Big Dam Bridge, Broadway Bridge, Little Rock Zoo, Funland Amusement Park, Pinnacle Mountain State Park | ||
The Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards is an American Civil War memorial in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. It stands just northeast of the former Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, at a junction of two of the park's internal roadways. It consists of a bronze sculpture depicting a Confederate Army soldier in a defensive stance, holding a rifle pointed forward. The statue is 8 feet (2.4 m) in height, and is mounted in a granite column 16 feet (4.9 m) tall. The memorial is sometimes known as "Lest we forget", a line appearing near the top of the inscription on the base. The statue was created by sculptor Rudolph Schwarz, and was installed in 1911; it was paid for by the local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and memorializes the unit that seized the arsenal at the outset of the war.
The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.