The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-06
Unveiled Two Years Hence.

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~ Work on the monument will progress
steadily from this time forward until 1t
Is completed, about eighteen months
hence. The unveling will occur with
great ceremony on June Sd. 1907, ut which
time 1t Is expected that the reunion Of
the United Confederate Veterans Will be
held in this city. The occasion will be
one Of the most notable in the history
Of the South since the war, and Will
attract to Richmond gathering Of CIVIL
War heroes and their families and de-
scendants such as has rarely, II ever,
been seen before.
Many delays have arisen to retard The
work on the monument. Obstacles diff
cult to overcome have presented them
selves from time to time but all have
at last been surmounted, and the South
is now on the eve Of accomplishing Its
long-cherished wish to honor the Illus
trious memory OF the President Of the
Eonfederacy in some fitting manner.
1t was at first hoped by the veterans
that 1t might be possible to erect a
monument far SURPRISING In grandeur any
other memorial to the aouth's war he
roes. A movement was begun to raise
fund of three hundred thousand dollars,
but the movement failed The veterans
then rellnquished to the United Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy the honor Of
completing the fund and erecting the
monument. They placed in the hands
OF the Daughters, with no restrictions
save a provision that the monument
should be located In Richmond, the sum
of 100000, The women Immediately set
to work, determined to raise m additional
$4,000, and to-day the work has been
DONE
The breaking OF the ground will occur
Tuesday afternoon on which day the
convention Of the Virginia Division,
United Daughters OF the Conrederacy,
will begin here. Every preparation has
been made to push the work to compile
ton In eighteen months. The sculptor
is Mr. Edward " Valentine and the
architects and contractors, holland and
Baskervill. Mr.. Nolan has already con-
tracted for the furnishing of the stone
The superintendent Of construction will
be John T. Wilson and Company, build
Ing contractors OF this city. #
Description of Monument.
The monument will be located in the far
West End on the wide avenue which al
ready contains the statue OF Robert E.
Lee and will in time be the site Of
memorials to Stuart and Fitz Lee also
1t will consist of bronze figure OF
President Davis. Immediately behind
which will rise an imposing granite shaft
which will In turn be enclosed from the
west side in semi circle OF columns
with cornice bearing the shields OF
the Confederate States.
"A circular granolithic sidewalk will
form the base for the group, The foundn-
ton will be of concrete and the re-
mainder OF the monument with the
exception. of course, Of the figures and
shields, OF Virginia and North Carolina
granite.
& The front elevation will consist OF a
series Of granite steps 40 feet long leading
into n semi-clrcle laid with granite slabs.
statue and the shaft. The statue will be
mounted upon a pedestal 10 feet Inches
In height. From the base of the shaft to
the top. but not including the fguro,
which is to surmount the column. Is a |
distance of about IS feet The base Of
the shaft is 0 feet In diameter and the
column itself s feet inches In diameter.
The inscription OH the column is as fol-
lows: III