Monuments are sometimes built to commemorate a person or event, and the monuments on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, were constructed to do both. Statues dedicated to Confederacy leaders such as Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson began to appear as early as 1890 and represented people and concepts that residents wanted to […]
Monument Avenue Represents the Legacy of Richmond
Monument Avenue represents what it can mean to create monuments that resonate with a community and culture in such deep ways