[2] It stands alone in a triangle bounded by roads on the West side of State Line Avenue,[3] just inside the U.S. state of Texas.

[4] and faces the court house and post office, a building unusual for sitting in and serving two states.

[5] Thought to be the only Confederate monument to include a woman in Texas, it is carved from marble.

[6] The monument's inscription for the Confederate mother statue reads: "O Great Confederate Mothers, we would print your names on monuments, that men may read them as the years go by and tribute pay to you, who bore and nurtured hero sons and gave them solace on that darkest hour, when they came home with broken swords and guns".

[7] The chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy that built the Confederate Mothers Monument was disbanded and a new chapter does not own the monument so the city is responsible for maintenance.