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Chamberlain Freedom Park was dedicated in 1997 to Joshua L. Chamberlain who led a successful defense against the Confederate army on 2nd July 1863 in Gettysburg. Built on a slanting hill, the park imitates Little Round Top, Gettysburg and contains…

The 20th Maine Monument which sits in Chamberlain Freedom Park, Brewer is a replica of the eponymous monument situated in Little Round Top, Gettysburg. The monument, like the one in Gettysburg, commemorates the 386 men of the 20th Maine Volunteers…

The 20th Maine Monument which sits in Chamberlain Freedom Park, Brewer is a replica of the eponymous monument situated in Little Round Top, Gettysburg. The monument, like the one in Gettysburg, commemorates the 386 men of the 20th Maine Volunteers…

Standing Union soldier on plinth.

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…

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…

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 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…