Monument Avenue
From Freepedia
Monument 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.
Monuments on Monument Avenue
- Robert E. Lee -- Marius Jean Antoin Mercie sculptor. Unveiled May 29 1890
- J.E.B. Stuart -- Frederick Moynihan sculptor. Unveiled May 30 1907
- Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America -- Edward Valentine sculptor. Unveiled June 3 1907
- Stonewall Jackson -- Frederick William Sievers sculptor. Unveiled October 11 1919
- Matthew Fontaine Maury -- Frederick William Sievers sculptor. Unveiled November 11 1929
- Arthur Ashe -- Paul Di Pasquale sculptor. Unveiled July 10 1996
Additional reading
Richmond's Monument Avenue (2001) by Sarah Shields Driggs, Richard Guy Wilson, and Robert P. Winthrop, University of North Carolina Press
Links
http://www.ibiblio.org/uncpress/chapters/driggs_richmonds.html
