Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-10
LIGHT UP THESTATUE
THE DISPATCHES SUGGESTION ON
THIS LINE HEARTILY ENDORSED.
Tho Memorial secn frosn All Sections
Monuments Proposed to Patrick hen'y
and Our Noble Women.
RICHMOND. VA, June 5. lssL
,hs Editor NJ the Dispatch:


while standing near the base OF the mag
uilccnt Soldiers and Sailors monument
last evening and enjoying the dehgh'tuiiy
refreshing breeze that ever cnarac'ef'@es
this Ioyeliest OF SPOTS. 1 gave voice 70
the same idea you editorially express TINS
r,orning relative to a clrclet OF electric
lights around the foot of the statue i"e
splendid figure was scarcely discerhao'e'
and the idea embodied in your Suggestion
WAS forcibly presented to me.
Th,s monument is to my mind 'he
banasomest in the city. II Is stately
symmetrical, beautiful To use common
expression, lit shows up Wen iroih
every point OF view, and there are h'",e
Iong-distance views OF 1t than pertain
10 any other OF the handsome memorials
that dot this fair city.
SEEN FROM MANY POINTS.
This towering. majestic column anu
heroic figure stands out in bold reheI 90
viewed from any portion OF Main s.ree'
as far west as Monroe Park; from Yam
ble's Hil and the many points OF view
In and around Hollywood; from the orluse
IiSqnnlnG the James, llOhA
the surrounding country; from a large
norton OF the city in the northeast; from
Oakwood and Barton Heights' ine
monument looms up 10 the view OF pas
sengers on the Petersburg road many
miles south Of Richmond and remains
in sight until the Union Depot Is reacheu'
II is the first prominent object that greets
the gaze Of the Chesapeake ana onio
passengers from the east as the trains
come in view down Fort Lee NIL. fassei-
ssrs ON the steamers will be attracted by II
when far down below the monitors. III IL
the most prominent object discernaoie
from that vast table land mcluuinS anu
extending far beyOnd East iicniiioi'u
and the National cemetery. The ahoption
OF your suggestion would produce re',
pleasing night effect. Not only "ouIu ~
enable the visitors to the park at night 10
mainly see the figure, but the long-dls-
tance effect OF the clrclet Of lights would
he very pretty. OF course the lights
could and should be so arranged as not
IN mar the symmetrical beauty OF ths
entire monument
TO PATRICK HENRY.
While ON tho subject of Monuments
and since Richmond is fast becoming the
monumental city OF the Southland-let me
saw that | have long desired to see a
memorial 10 Patrick Henry reared IN on
St Johns church yard. What an MS
spot Is "Old st. Johns" and how eagerly
sought by touristsl | very much wish
that Uncle sam, the State, or sorle
patriotic CAPITALIST, or all comOined. would
erect a monument 10 this great genius
OF liberty here on the spot made worid
famous as the place where Henry save
utterance 10 the electric words that have
rung down the corridors OF tlme-"GFe
me liberty or give me death.
MONUMENT TO OUR WOMEN.
Again. hope 10 see the lay wher bear-
tlful and spacious Old Chimborazo VIII
bear on its bosom a noble monument 10
the women OF the Confederacy What a
magnificent site for such monument.
commanding, as It does, a grant view Of
the historic ground where the enemy
encamped round about MS and where out
boys. good and true, defended the citadel
This was also the site of the hospital
The fame of the women or the Ccnlcde'
racy will flourish in immortal youth. Their
true heroism was eXemplihed in all the
varied avenues OF duty. The unparalleled
heroism OF the boys In gray on The actual
field OF strife was 10 more heroic ana
sublime than the fidelity to duty mi: cha
racterized their mothers, wives, daughters
sisters. and sweethearts They Reared for
themselves out OF pure and holy hearts
a monument not made with hands that
stands towering in majestic grandeur, I'M
approached and unapproachable. None the
less IL II due them aud their sanctifying
and ennobing influences that have ever
been the wool and web OF our excellent
southern civilization that along with the
material monuments in commemoration
Of val0r for the southern cause, there