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The Soldier’s Monument honoring Williams students and alumni who fought during the US Civil War is of note as it is one of the earliest memorials to veterans and the war dead still extant on college and university grounds, as most such monuments were…

Grandy in Hampshire County has a monument to its Civil War soldiers, as well as two Spanish-American War veterans: a pair pf plaques listing the names of the fallen soldiers. Dedicated on Memorial Day, May 31st, 1909 and presented to the town by…

Grandy in Hampshire County has a monument to its Civil War soldiers, as well as two Spanish-American War veterans: a pair pf plaques listing the names of the fallen soldiers. Dedicated on Memorial Day, May 31st, 1909 and presented to the town by…

The African American Heritage Trail begins at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue at the corner of Park and Pine Streets. Just a few doors down from her house at 35 Park Street the statue was dedicated in 2002 after ten years of organizing and…

The African American Heritage Trail begins at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue at the corner of Park and Pine Streets. Just a few doors down from her house at 35 Park Street the statue was dedicated in 2002 after ten years of organizing and…

The common soldier Confederate monument in Eastville is one of two courthouse monuments on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The statue features a private soldier standing at parade rest surmounting a plinth, base, dado, and column. Unusually, when…

The Accomack County Confederate Monument, erected in the town of Parksley, honors the Confederate volunteers from Accomack and Northampton counties. This standing soldier statue has an interesting history, as it was a product of intercounty disputes.…

Located in Manhattan's Riverside Park, this circular temple was erected in 1902 in memory of the Soldiers' and Sailors' who fought for the Union during the Civil War. It is an example of the neoclassical style in architecture, a popular choice for…

Affectionately nicknamed "Johnny Reb" by locals, the Confederate Soldiers' monument at the Isle of Wight Courthouse commemorates the county's fallen Confederate soldiers. The monument is made entirely from granite and depicts a private Confederate…

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…