INDIANAPOLIS — The monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a Union prison camp in Indianapolis was removed from Garfield Park on June 8. The grave monument was relocated a century ago from its original location at Greenlawn Cemetery and will be dismantled by contractors in the coming days.
The grave monument was commissioned in 1912 in Greenlawn Cemetery to commemorate Confederate prisoners of war who died while imprisoned at Camp Morton in Indianapolis. It was moved to Garfield Park in 1928 following efforts by public officials, active in the KKK, who sought to “make the monument more visible to the public.” In 2017, the Indianapolis Parks Board passed a resolution to remove the monument once funding was secured. It cost between $50,000 and $100,000.