Monument Avenue

This avenue in Richmond, Virginia memorializes Confederate Heroes of the Civil War, and one Richmond Native. "Monument Avenue Historic District" is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On May 29, 1890, crowds were estimated at 100,000 to see the unveiling of the first monument, to Robert E. Lee.

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Monuments on Monument Avenue

Robert E. Lee -- Unveiled 1890
J.E.B. Stuart -- Unveiled 1907
Confederate President Jefferson Davis -- Unveiled 1907
Stonewall Jackson -- Unveiled 1919
Matthew Fontaine Maury -- Unveiled 1929
Arthur Ashe -- Unveiled 1996

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Links

http://www.ibiblio.org/uncpress/chapters/driggs_richmonds.html


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