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  2. Virginia Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Monument is located on West Confederate Avenue on the Southwest side of Gettysburg National Park. The monument consists of three different parts: a bronze General Robert E. Lee perched on his horse, Traveller; a granite pedestal with inscriptions; and a bronze group of Confederate soldiers at the base of the monument.

  3. Lancaster Court House Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Lancaster Court House Historic District is a national historic district consisting of 25 structures, including one monument, located in Lancaster, Virginia, Lancaster County, Virginia. Four of the buildings make up the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library , founded in 1958, whose purpose is to preserve and interpret the history of ...

  4. The Knight's Tombstone - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, Preservation Virginia began the process of restoring the stone for the 400th anniversary of the first representative assembly meeting in Virginia, which was founded in 1619 under Yeardley’s governorship. [10] Preservation Virginia brought in monument repair expert Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation to handle the restoration.

  5. Jefferson Davis Memorial (Richmond, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The monument was unveiled on Davis' birthday, June 3, 1907, a day celebrated in Virginia and many other Southern states as Confederate Memorial Day. It consisted of a bronze statue of Davis by Richmond sculptor Edward Valentine surrounded by a colonnade of 13 columns representing the Southern states, and a tall Doric column topped by a bronze ...

  6. Virginia capital unveils monument marking end of slavery ...

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    The Emancipation and Freedom Monument, designed by Oregon sculptor Thomas Jay Warren, comprises two 12-foot bronze statues depicting a man and a woman carrying an infant, newly freed from slavery.

  7. Category:Monuments and memorials in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Virginia" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia, was the first installation on Monument Avenue in 1890, and would ultimately be the last Confederate monument removed from the site. [4] Before its removal on September 8, 2021, [ 5 ] the monument honored Confederate General Robert E. Lee , depicted on a horseback atop a large marble base that ...

  9. Virginia Washington Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Washington Monument features a 21-foot (6.4 m), 18,000-pound (8,200 kg) bronze statue of George Washington on horseback. Below Washington, (finished after the American Civil War) includes statues of six other noted Virginians who took part in the American Revolution: Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Andrew Lewis, John Marshall, George Mason, and Thomas Nelson Jr. [3] The lowest level has ...