A memorial was erected in the park in 1879 to mark the anniversary of the silver wedding of Emperor FJI and Empress Elizabeth, built by the then newly established national history association Excursions club, which was established on February 27, 1879 as the first national history association in the monarchy. The foundation stone was a sandstone block from the inn near the Rumbur drop-off, the former Berkovský castle, demolished on 15.4. 1879 during preparations for the construction of the State Gymnasium on today's Palacké Square. The most striking object of the monument was the 570 cm high column from Panská skála near Kamenický Šenov, which was set in place in the morning hours of April 28, 1879 and was waiting for the import of other stones. This column was a gift from the collections of the Českolipsk real estate. The ornamental gardener Mr. Franz Bürgemeister from Skalice was invited to install the monument, who assembled the monument according to Professor Steffen's design. On April 22, 1879, the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone of the monument was attended, among others, by the district governor A.G. Müller, and the chairman of the Excursions club, director of the Českolipská réalka, professor Dr. Cajetan Watzel. The main part of the monument was already completed in 1880, when on April 29 a commemorative plaque made of light granite was installed with the inscription in German:

"In memory of the silver wedding of our beloved imperial couple Francis Joseph I and Elisabeth on April 24, 1879. North Bohemian Excursion Club."

Stones came to the group even later. The last one was added by Mr. Winkler, the owner of the stone quarry in Jedlová, back in 1884. In 1898, the monument was modified and inventoried by the railway engineer Karel Fechtner. Each item was marked with a number and entered into the inventory, and at the same time a catalog of rocks was issued with basic  data about the stones and their donors. The inventory list included a total of 52 stones, which represented the geological peculiarities of the local region defined by the Elbe River, the Ještěd Ridge, the state border and the area around Bezděz.

After the Second World War, the commemorative plaque disappeared, and later the monument began to change its appearance beyond recognition. It wasn't until 2001 that the city authorities tried to modify the monument, the memorial plaque was restored with an added text, foreign objects were removed and the surroundings were modified. Unfortunately, on the 124th anniversary of the creation of the Imperial Column, the tallest column fell and broke into several pieces.

Text on the current plaque:

The stone group around the Panská skály basalt Imperial Column was built in 1879 and 1880 by the North Bohemian Excursion Club.