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Confederate obelisk mysteriously appears in Eureka Springs City Cemetery

A new Confederate obelisk stands on an empty gravesite in Eureka Springs city cemetery.
Courtesy Harry Meyer
A new Confederate obelisk stands on an empty gravesite in Eureka Springs city cemetery.

A new towering limestone monument honoring Confederate Veterans buried in Eureka Springs City Cemetery was recently erected on a privately owned empty burial plot. The obelisk was commissioned by a Carroll County resident who recently purchased the plot and permitted by a lone Eureka Springs cemetery commissioner.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>
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