This is Confederate Memorial Day

Monday, April 28, 2025, This is Confederate Memorial Day. State offices are closed in remembrance of the soldiers and sailors who served defending the State of Alabama and the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865. Federal government offices, as well as most banks, businesses, and schools, will be open.

Former Governor Lewis E. Parsons estimated that 122,000 Alabamians served in the Confederate military and that 35,000 of those died in the war. The next year Governor Robert M. Patton estimated that 20,000 veterans had returned home permanently disabled, and that the war left 20,000 widows and 60,000 orphans in Alabama.

Some city governments have attacked Confederate memorials in recent years. In response the Alabama Legislature has passed the Memorial Protection Act.

The Confederate Park near Clanton offers free self-guided tours of the site of Alabama's only Home for Confederate veterans including two cemeteries where 298 veterans rest along with 15 veteran's wives and widows. The site showcases a nature trail which combines an Alabama "Treasure Forest" with features from the Soldiers' Home. A memorial service will be held on Sunday.

The Confederate Memorial Park is a 102-acre historic property of the Alabama Historical Commission and is located at 437 Co Rd 63, Marbury, AL 36051.

The State Capital has a Confederate Veteran Memorial monument next to the State Capital - which itself was home to Jefferson Davis's inauguration as President of the Confederate States of America. The First Whitehouse of the Confederacy sits across the street from the Capital Building.

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