That 'new' monument off U.S. 129 honoring General Longstreet? It's been there since 1935 - Gainesville Times

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That 'new' monument off U.S. 129 honoring General Longstreet? It's been there since 1935

A memorial monument for Confederate General James Longstreet sits alongside the Longstreet Bridge on Cleveland Highway, put there by the Longstreet Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The monument had been covered over by vegetation and damaged several times but has now been uncovered and restored. - photo by Scott Rogers

09282021 CONFEDERATE 1.jpg — A memorial monument for Confederate General James Longstreet sits alongside the Longstreet Bridge on Cleveland Highway, put there by the Longstreet Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The monument had been covered over by vegetation and damaged several times but has now been uncovered and restored. - photo by Scott Rogers

In an era when Confederate monuments are coming down across the South, a restored one is up again on Cleveland Highway/U.S. 129 in North Hall.