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Minnesota Monument

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival

Built
  
1916 (1916)

Minnesota Monument

Location
  
2523 Confederate Blvd., Little Rock, Arkansas

Part of
  
Little Rock National Cemetery (#96001496)

MPS
  
Civil War Commemorative Sculpture MPS

The Minnesota Monument is an American Civil War memorial in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. Also known as "Taps", it depicts a Union Army soldier, his bare head slightly bowed. His hands resting on the butt of his rifle, which is inverted, with the barrel resting on the ground. The bronze sculpture is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, and is mounted on a granite base about 8 feet (2.4 m) tall. It is dedicated to the 36 soldiers from Minnesota who are buried here. The sculpture was designed by John K. Daniels, and was funded by the state of Minnesota. It was dedicated in 1916.

The memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Minnesota Monument Wikipedia