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Title
Surry Courthouse Common Soldier (Yorktown, Virginia)
Description
Dedicated in August 1910, the Confederate Monument in front of Surry County Courthouse was erected in the memory of Surry's Confederate soldiers. The monument features a bronze figure of a Confederate cavalryman upon a stone base engraved with the Confederate battle flag and an inscription. Following a unanimous vote amongst the Surry County Board of Supervisors in 2020, the monument is due to be relocated.
Source
american
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2013
Date Created
1909-01-01
Date Issued
1910-08-02
Extent
0m x 0m x 6.4008m
Spatial Coverage
current,37.137856,-76.834609;
Europeana
Country
United States of America
Europeana Data Provider
Surry Courthouse Common Soldier
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Surry_Courthouse_Common_Soldier
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Erected by
Confederate Memorial Association of Surry County
Material
Bronze and stone
Inscription
[C.S.A BATTLE FLAG]
OUR HEROES
1861-1865
""
TO
THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF SURRY COUNTY.
""
"THAT WE THROUGH LIFE MAY NOT FORGET TO LOVE THE THIN GRAY LINE."
""
ERECTED BY THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF SURRY COUNTY A.D. 1909.
State
Virginia
County
Surry
Prim Media
2318
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Yorktown