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Title
Abingdon Confederate Soldier Monument (Fairmount, Virginia)
Description
A bronze soldier, with musket drawn and pointed forward, stands atop a granite plinth. On the base, there are two bronze relief panels, each depicting 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.
Source
american
Contributor
Lou Selfridge
Language
English and Latin
Type
Site
Identifier
2034
Date Issued
1908-06-03
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,36.712344,-81.970177;
Rights Holder
Frederick William Sievers
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Country
United States of America
Europeana Data Provider
Abingdon Confederate Soldier Monument
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Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Abingdon_Confederate_Soldier_Monument
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Erected by
William E. Jones Camp of Confederate Veterans of Abingdon
Run by
Daughters of the Confederacy, gifted by WEJ Camp
Material
Bronze and granite
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
Cost
$4,000
State
Virginia
County
Washington
Prim Media
2328
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Fairmount