Historical Marker
Confederate Rest Cemetery
Historical marker location:
5897 Pine Grove Drive, Fairhope, Alabama
( Marker is on Pine Grove Drive near Confederate Rest Road, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1997
Alabama is home to the largest cast iron statue in the world. The Vulcan statue, located in Birmingham, stands 56 feet tall and weighs over 100,000 pounds. It was built in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair and was later brought to Birmingham as a symbol of the city's industrial might.