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Monument Avenue: Robert. E. Lee Monument
It took nearly twenty years to erect a monument to Robert E. Lee in Richmond, and it came down in less than two.
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Richmond’s Monument Avenue: Memorializing the Lost Cause Myth
Richmond’s Confederate monuments on Monument Avenue supported the Lost Cause myth and dominated the city’s monumental landscape more than 130 years.
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Monument Avenue: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson Monument
The Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson Monument that went up on Monument Avenue in 1919 was the second sculpture to him in the City of Richmond.
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Monument Avenue: J.E.B. Stuart Monument
It took 42 years for the City of Richmond to unveil “a suitable monument and inscription” to James Ewell Stuart. The J.E.B. Stuart Monument stood in Richmond for 113 years.
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Monument Avenue: Jefferson Davis Monument
The United Daughters of the Confederacy were the main supporters of the Davis Monument and, in 2018, it was deemed the “most unabashedly Lost Cause in its design and sentiment.”
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Monument Avenue: Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument
In December 1912, nearly 40 years after Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) died, Richmonder Gaston Lichtenstein authored a letter to the editor that “the capital of his own State ought to take pleasure in erecting a statue to his memory.”
Teaching Resources
Primary Sources Related to the Lee Monument on Monument Avenue
Lesson Plan: Learn about the beginning of Monument Avenue through examining letters, maps, and newspaper articles from when the Lee Monument was created. These primary source documents, from the time period, allow us to see the monument from a variety of perspectives.
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Shaping History: The UDC and Edward Valentine’s Collaboration on the Jefferson Davis Monument
The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Jefferson Davis Monument Association enlisted Richmond sculptor Edward Valentine—a firm believer in the Lost Cause narrative —to design the Jefferson Davis Monument, culminating in its unveiling in 1907.