Confederate Monument

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A Confederate monument, erected in 1909 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, stands in Blakely's courthouse square. This photograph of downtown Blakely, the seat of Early County, was taken in 1910.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
ear037-82.

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Confederate Monument

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