Confederate Memorial Park (Marbury, Alabama)

The home "operated from 1902–1939 as a haven for disabled or indigent veterans of the Confederate army, their wives, and widows."

[1] The home was founded in 1901 by former Confederate veteran Jefferson Manly Falkner, a lawyer from Montgomery, Alabama.

Falkner wished to provide a home for former Confederate veterans and their wives and widows who could no longer support themselves, even with pensions.

[3] The home included a small hospital, a dairy barn, a mess hall, and nine cottages, with a then-modern sewage system.

In 2018, the Anniston Star noted that visitors to the Alabama Confederate Park were greeted with the following banner: "Many have been taught the war between the states was fought by the Union to eliminate Slavery.

[9] In April 2021, during the George Floyd protests, some state lawmakers proposed allocating the same amount of money to African-American historical sites.