Washington County Confederate Soldier Monument (Fairmount, Virginia)
Confederate
A bronze soldier, with musket drawn and pointed forward, stands atop a granite plinth. On the base, two bronze relief panels depict a lone woman, one holding the shield of Virginia, the other a Confederate flag. The statue, designed by Frederick W. Sievers, was dedicated on 3 June 1908 in the presence of a large crowd of approximately 5,000. It was gifted by the William E. Jones Camp of Confederate Veterans of Abingdon to the Daughters of the Confederacy, who took on the responsibility of maintaining the statue. In Summer 2020, a petition to remove the monument was started, but as of October 2021 the monument remains outside the courthouse.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Frederick William Sievers
Dedication Date:
1908-06-03
Address:
Fairmount
Washington
Virginia
United States of America
Inscription:
TO THE / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / OF WASHINGTON COUNTY / VIRGINIA. / ERECTED MAY 30, 1907.
1861 1865 / [SEAL OF VIRGINIA] / FORTITUDE / ET / PECTE / PRO PATRIA
OUR MOTHERS DAUGHTERS / WIVES AND / SISTERS / AMOR PATRIE
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Material:
Bronze and granite
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Cost / Value:
$4,000
Erected by:
William E. Jones Camp of Confederate Veterans of Abingdon
Funded by:
Run by:
Daughters of the Confederacy, gifted by WEJ Camp
Indigenous Land
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