Browse Items (79 total)
Sort by:
3. The Impact of Charlottesville on Monument Avenue
On August 12, 2017, the “Unite the Right” rally was held by white supremacists and white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the removal of a Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee. Counter protests ensued and the protest culminated in…
4. Monument Removal 2020-2021
On May 25th, 2020, George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin while under arrest for allegedly passing off a counterfeit twenty dollar bill at a convenience store. When the video of this white police officer killing…
4. The Evolution of Stone Mountain (1970- Present)
Over the years, Stone Mountain Park has evolved into a premier travel destination. Under the guidance of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (SMMA), a State of Georgia authority established in 1958 to manage the park independently, all additions…
5. Relocation and Recontextualization
Following the removal of the monument of Robert E. Lee in 2021, the city of Richmond wrestled with the question of what to do with the now decommissioned statues of Confederate figureheads. Disassembly and storage of these monuments in late 2020 fell…
Alexander H. Stephens Statue, National Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C.
This marble statue depicts Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), the former Vice President of the Confederate States of America. Located in the National Statuary Hall within the Congress Building in Washington, D.C., it was carved by artist Gutzon…
Allendale Veterans Garden of Honor
The Allendale Veterans Garden of Honor consists of 9 statues of veterans who served from Allendale who had served in seven conflicts from the Civil War to the Gulf War and a statue to women's veterans.[1] Along with the statues of veterans at the…
Appomattox Statue, Alexandria, Virginia
The Appomattox (statue) was a bronze monument honoring Confederate soldiers who had died while fighting during the American Civil War. The name "Appomattox" refers to the Battle of Appomattox Court House, which resulted in the surrender of Robert E.…
Battle of Liberty Place Monument, New Orleans
In mid-September of 1874, tensions boiled over in the city of New Orleans and gunshots rang out as the city, divided by the legacy of the Civil War and weary of the “carpet-baggers” and Reconstruction policies, erupted into violence.[1]The Crescent…
Battle of Valverde Confederate Monument, Fort Craig, New Mexico
The Western United States during the Civil War offered the Confederacy hope. With not many resources in the South, "In 1862, flush with a grandiose plan to conquer the New Mexico Territory and perhaps to secure for the Confederacy the vast mineral…
Charles Didier Dreux Monument, New Orleans
Charles Didier Dreux died on July 5, 1861, in Virginia at Young's Mill, the first Confederate officer to be killed in the Civil War. He was a prominent figure in New Orleans, having served in the state legislature and as a district attorney. Over…