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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.
Formerly known as the Virginia Marine Science Museum, aquarium and marine science exhibits Virginia Aviation Museum: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Aviation: Virginia Discovery Museum: Charlottesville: Albemarle: Central: Children's: Exhibits on the arts, sciences, humanities, history and nature Virginia's Executive Mansion: Richmond: Richmond ...
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. The fort was redesignated as Fort Monroe National Monument in 2011. 33: Fort Myer Historic District: Fort Myer Historic District
A time capsule was found while the work took place. No trace of the monument now remains on its original site. [16] The vandalized Davis statue is currently displayed at The Valentine in Richmond—a museum whose first president was Edward Virginius Valentine, the statue's sculptor—as part of the museum's "This is Richmond, Virginia" exhibit.
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 ...
The Emancipation and Freedom Monument, comprises two 12-foot bronze statues depicting a man and a woman carrying an infant, newly freed from slavery.
The Virginia Museum of Natural History was founded in 1984 as The Boaz Foundation, named after Dr. Noel T. Boaz, Founding Director, along with co-founder Dr. Dorothy Dechant Boaz. The museum was founded as a private institution, but on June 2, 1985, the museum opened to the public with the new and current name.
(Reuters) - Two weeks after Richmond, Virginia, removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had prompted protests over racial injustice, the city unveiled a new monument on ...