The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-24
The Stuart Monument
IN AZ 4 the Tiraes- Dispatch:

Editor OLE tne;L tts 5E
a sir,-As citizens Of Richmond, e \ think
we all agreeS that It Is our duty ia vel
"a 8 privilege to preserve and enhance ~ rf
natural beauty and. fttingl " Commence
tate herginteresting and glorious history.
GWo should see TO 1T that we do not tin-
III re what she already has. and, IN add
Ing anything ourselves, we should be
careful to make the best use Of every
advantage that nature and circuin--s
stances have given her. 3S$3
ts Now in the e matter OF locating the
Stuart monument, 1t seems TO me that
there are natural advantages or Ecircum-
stances which we could make use of to A
help the monument tell tho story. At
Sallsevents, In the case of Stuart we have
an opportunity which has II Tot existed 1
f,Es the case of any other Of our her cs,
and ! think we should al Il eas st consider u
&tt.f n 1t Is the opportunity 10 put his !
statue in the heart Of the city, in whose
defense he fell and at the same time
have 1t at the very entrance to the road
ION or near which he was Killed, and on
which the stone marking that glorious
fal may be seen. That granoltthic cir
Gle at the corner Of Brook Avenue and
broad Street offers fine site. All the
circumstances make 1t most easy for the
statue erected there to tell The story
The poses of both horse and rider. In the
| selected model, lend themselves to the
idea. Placed on that site, with Bthc(
l5llorse's head towards the east, Stuart
iWould appear TO be curbing him In for
moment. to- sec that you are following
/ him, be fore he wheels to the left into
4 Brook Avenue and leads you straight
/ to the scene of the fight at Yellow Tav-s
Tern. It is a spacious site on our most
lSpcpulous thoroughfare. @ 3Fs
Broad Street is improving, along with
Il the res Of our town. and 1t will not be
y long before this portion OF It, near the
!! Masonic Temple. will be about It's most
] attractive section. The statue would be-
come 10 familiar object to all Richmond
iIsers, and strangers would be attracted ito
Il go UP to 1T and read the Inscriptions.
It could bear an Inscription that would
A be interesting to them geographically. as
9iwel as historically, by Informing them
\ that a few miles out on that very Brook
a road, they could see the stone marking
u where Stuart fell. Many would follow
a the direction and go out to see the stone.
81 81 In a. few years the visitors to our city
a xviii not be the only people who will need
q to be Informed as to the location Of ou1
a battlefields, Many Of our own sons and
a daughters Will need such recording land.
4 marks to keep their history and geog.
a raphy straight
a "a am aware that this suggestion of put,
II ting Stuart's monument ION this site !.
81 no new idea. Z / think that at one tirnt
q ST was Il generally understood that thu
monument! would be placed there, if.. in
n deed, the city did not n buy that spo
! with this special purpose In view,
1 or late, however this association OF hi
t memory with the scene of his death mp
pears to have BEEN dlsregarded, for
I read recently IN one Of our papers tina
i the monument committee had fixed upol
1.-The intersection OF West Frank IN an
\ sIombardy as the site, Let US hope tina
no irreyocahle step has been taken \
4 that direction. NJ
!, Placed out there. It would not only b
i. stripped entirely OF the Interesting asso
ciation with the scene OF his last ser
Vice ana death. nut II would be set RICH
! IN the main approa Oh TO the Lee monu
/ mont, and distant from IT not more tlla
about two hundred yards. Now, ceTta'nl
. the statue OF General Lee Is one zof IN
. .clty,s possessions which We should no
!. take any risk Of detracting from 2
Anything that we may do, Facing, as /
3 does doe u be seen In outline. We should b
Q very cautious about placine any sothe
Y equestrian statue hetWee J. us a a ou
: view or III, for would we Sot see the ne
{ { statue outlined agatnst the Lee. an