Original upload date: Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 05:39:01 GMT
Each year, the Monument’s staff plants more than 15,000 flowers in the beds surrounding the structure. These include red and white begonia, Blue mink ageratum, marigolds, and dusty miller. The display
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s have been a tradition since the Monument’s dedication in 1894. They have traditionally been designed to honor the corps badges used by soldiers during the Civil War. Corps badges were brightly colored emblems of varying shape used to identify different corps of the military quickly during battle. Since the redesign of Public Square in 2016, the display has come to honor other Civil War imagery including an anchor and a G.A.R. badge.
