Jefferson Square Monument in As I Lay Dying (Location)

Jefferson's Confederate monument, as it's most often called, is a generic Southern soldier atop a tall pedestal in the Square at the center of town. It appears in 8 fictions. According to Requiem for a Nun, it was "instigated" and paid for by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (a real Southern organization) and officially unveiled on "Confederate Decoration Day" in 1900 (189). Requiem provides the most details about the statue. In this novel it is simply mentioned: when the Bundrens finally reach Jefferson, "the street runs on ahead, where the square opens and the monument stands before the courthouse" (231).