South’s Defenders Memorial Monument
South’s Defenders Memorial Monument is a memorial in Calcasieu, Louisiana. South’s Defenders Memorial Monument is situated nearby to the grassland Calcasieu Parish Courthouse Lawn, as well as near the museum Old Lake Charles City Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Lake Charles City Hall and Sudduth Coliseum.
Old Lake Charles City Hall
Museum
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Old Lake Charles City Hall is a museum.
Sudduth Coliseum
Music venue
Sudduth Coliseum, in the Lake Charles Event Center, is a 7,450-seat multi-purpose arena in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. Located on Lakeshore Drive, it is the main arena of the event center and is named for former Lake Charles Mayor James Sudduth. Sudduth Coliseum is situated 1,300 feet northwest of South’s Defenders Memorial Monument.
Lake Charles station
Railway station
Lake Charles station is a train station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is served tri-weekly by Amtrak's Sunset Limited. It is located on 100 Ryan Street at the west end of South Railroad Avenue. Lake Charles station is situated 1 mile north of South’s Defenders Memorial Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Charles and Westlake.
Lake Charles
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Lake Charles is the second-largest city in the Acadiana region of Louisiana, with 87,000 residents in 2022. It is well known for gaming and the great outdoors, culinary delights and rhythm and blues.
Westlake
Town
Westlake is an industrial city in Calcasieu Parish, in western Louisiana, United States, and is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area. Westlake is situated 2 miles northwest of South’s Defenders Memorial Monument.
Moss Bluff
Town
Moss Bluff is a census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,522 at the 2020 census. Located just north of the city of Lake Charles, it is considered a suburb of that city. Moss Bluff is situated 5 miles north of South’s Defenders Memorial Monument.
South’s Defenders Memorial Monument
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Hurricane Laura toppled the statue in 2020; the plinth/column is still in place.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Calcasieu, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.22648° or 30° 13′ 35″ northLongitude
-93.2179° or 93° 13′ 4″ westOpen location code
86286QGJ+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 7851684380OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=column
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Calcasieu Parish Courthouse Lawn and Calcasieu Parish Courthouse.
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