The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-30
RICHMOND'S MONUMENTS.
ELOQUENT TRIBUTES THAT SPHAA
VOLUMEy 1HEIR SILENCE.
aonors TO Washington, Lee. Jnck'os' ""''
Stuart. wickhnm, The How HsrS'
and the Confederate Heroes.

President jefferson Davis, and Generai
Cooke. while similar honors to the mem
ory OF General j. +. B. Stuart. ana the
women OF the South are In contefhpi@-
ton:
The WARRINGTON MONUMENT,
The equestrian statue OF George WASH
ington erected on the north size ,r ~
Cauitol square, is the work OF IHo Trss
: sfFt,.r,rd VINO was born IN New TOTE
in 1878 and died IN LONDON, III t' -; the
February 1850, the corner StoI 'Ssooca of
monument was iald IN nc Tho Was then
General Lacnary Taylor ~ho t'x pres
president OF the United states, I.,inont
idenf 'ryler. and many other - the
people attending and participants
ceremonies - ..o,ohed Richmond
Ia Noyarber 1851 and was uIdH" ~
tho enthusiastic citizens rom NJ 9arb
landing to the public square on and FOR.
u u t s', dsaicatei February p, 300, on tEe
ioe,h arnivcrsary OF Washington DTth'
Henry A. Wise, governor OF t1e 800
presided on that occasion aiu ~
'V''N I'D Crawford, Whose wire was
r,oro the invited guests. An ADDRESS
~ behalf Of the masonic fraternity WIS
delivered by Robert @. Scott, poems. pre-
nered for the occasion, were reclted by
gohn r.. Thompson and James Barron
Hope and the Grafton OF the day was
pronounced by United states senator
II. NJ T. Hunter.
from the ground to the top Of Washing
toms chapeau. IS sixty feet. three inches.
The height OF the equestrian statue from
TOP OF plinth to top OF chapeaI. twenty
feet. three inches. Height OF the officers,
Nelson. Jefferson, Henry. Mason, Mar
shall and Lewis. eleven feet. nine inches.
Length OF horse from outside Of extend
ed fore-foot to tip Of tail, twenty-five
masonry, eighty-six feet, ten inches
width OF bronze pedestal six feet, nine
incnes distance from top Of plintn TO sad,
die girth, six feet, four Inches Inc total
cost Of the monument was $4,000.
sroNEwALL JACKSON STATUE.
The Jackson statue. which stands near
the Washington monument, in Capitol
Square, is sufficiently identified 10 the
public by the inscription on the pedestal.
Presented by English Gentlemen As
Tribute OF Admiration for the Soldier
and Patriot.
THOMAS J. JACKSON.
And Gratefully Accepted by Virginia in
the Name OF the Southern People.
Done A. ID. 20.
In the one hundredth year of the Com
mOnwealth.
Look! there is jackson standing like
stOnewall"
The statue is by Foley. who was born
in Dublin in 1878, and died in 1874, and
was erected on October Is B75, during the
administration OF Governor Kemper.
Rev. Moses ID. Hoge. -. d.. delivered a
magnificent Grafton at the unwilling and
the survivors OF the old "S.oneWall Bri-
gade" attended In a body. together with
great number of people eminent as
civilians or soldiers in the days OF the
Southern Confederacy
Tur LEE NOM MINT.
The Lee monument is erected on a
piece OF ground 10 feet in diameter IN
what is known as Lee District where
Monument avenue and Allen avenue. each
l40 feet wide, intersect. The site was
given 10 the Monument Association BY
Major Otway 5. Allen and his sisters.
Mrs. Roger b. Gregory and Thomas
y NJ Wilson. The corner stone of the
the statue was unveiled May %, 1880,
Mercle and PojOt, both OF Paris. were
the sculptor and architect. respectively.
The total cost Of the monument was
about $4,000
The dedication of the monument on
May o. 1900 was the occasion Of the
greatest reunion OF Confederate soldiers
ever known. The Grafton of the day was
and Governor Mckinney and Generals
Ftz Lee. Joseph T.. Johnston, Jubal \.
Early. James LOngstreet. John y. Gordon,
John r. Cooke. and other celebrities
tn q. p.HLL xcNUMtNT
At the intersection of the Hermitage
road ana Lab lnIm avenue about
mile and a half from this city, monu-
ment has been erected IN memory oi /
the famous leader first Of the no less
famous Light Division OF the Army OF /
Northern Virginia. and later or INC
famous Third Corps Of that grand oand /
on May 30. 1892 the monument Of Cen
eral y y. HIN was unveiled with I'M /
posing ceremonies at site when over,
assumed command OF his nrst brigade +
and in close proximity to the point at f.
which. with that division. ne Drought
work Of the monument was constructed
by Mr.. James Netherwood while the
design for the statue was made by Mr. +
W. l.. Sheppard from his crayon picture
which the bronze was cast was worked
out by Buberi. the New York sculptor.
The entire memorial is "a feet from the
base to the TOP. OF the nead
the remains OF the dead hero.
which were reinterred there shortly be-
fore the erection Of the monument.
TIN STA IN
In order to mark the spot whore Cen
elal j. Il. Il. Stuart gave up his life In
the service OF his country granite
shaft twenty-five feet high has been
erected on the telegraph road leading
TO Ashland near the Yellow tavern. 1t
stands on a plinth and pedestal. the
latter containing the names OF the sol
dfers known and the numbers OF the
graves for the unknown and the motto,
PRO Patria" There are buried there
seventy-six in all, twenty-eight OF whom
are not known. Around TIE mHnu
are the graves each with numbered
slate headstone.
'rhe u0cu.gent was unveiled on the
afternoon OF June Is. 1888. The Rev.
b NJ Randolph. Of Emanuel church.
offered prayer Governor FitZ. Lee de-
livered an appropriate grafton, and Kew
DR.. Joshua Peterkin pronounced the
apostolic DenedlctiOn.
TqT CONF DEBATE MONUMENT IN HOLLYWOOD
The Hollywood Memorial Association
was ORGANIZED for the purpose or lOcdl-
izing the graves and registering the names
Of the Confederate dead Inferred In HOl-
lywood Cemetery, as well as Tor the cree
,ion Of a suita Gle memorial structure.
For the identification or sections ana
graves granite blocks with de7piy-cut
7etters were erected at the corners. and
along the sides OF each section ana every
grave il marked by locust or heart
Cedar stake of good size. bearing a TIM
ned-copper number plate. a large num-
her of ornamental trees, shrubs, and
dcvCers have been added 10 the section.
and on May 81. 1868, the monument was
dedicated
II consists OF a Memorial Granite Pile,
pyramidal in form, forty-iive feet square
al the base, and ninety feet high. con-
tanning blocks with appropriate inscrip-
lions This structure. clad with vines
and roses, will mark. for ages. the last
resting place OF those whose unfalter-