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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 ...
The Virginia Monument, [1] also commonly referred to as "The State of Virginia Monument", is a Battle of Gettysburg memorial to the commonwealth's "Sons at Gettysburg" with a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on his horse Traveller and a "bronze group of figures representing the Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry of the Confederate Army".
December 19, 1960 (Hampton: Hampton (independent city) Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, and is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Completely surrounded by a moat, the six-sided stone fort was an active Army post until 2011.
In 1889, sculptor M. Caspar Buberl cast the statue, which the Robert E. Lee camp of the United Confederate Veterans (UCV) commissioned and erected. The form of the soldier was designed by John Adams Elder, who modeled it after a painting of the same title that shows a lone Confederate viewing the aftermath of the battle of Appomattox Court House, where Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union ...
Statue of George Washington (Houdon) Statue of Henrietta Lacks (Roanoke, Virginia) Statue of Joseph Bryan; Statue of Ronald Reagan (Arlington, Virginia) Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument (Richmond, Virginia)
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans for the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond's Monument Avenue
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia has agreed to house a statue and pedestal of Confederate General The post Lee statue, other Confederate monuments could go to Virginia ...
Last June, when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a plan to take down a 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the move was met with widespread praise and relief from racial ...