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(A historical marker located in Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia.) … The Confederate Statue Marker and the Lyceum … in the Civil War.
Appomattox is a bronze statue commemorating Confederate soldiers from Alexandria, Virginia who died in the Civil War. It is positioned in the center of the intersection of South Washington Street (Virginia Route 400) and Prince Street in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria.
– The effort to define the difference between honoring Confederate history and glorifying racism will take place in coming months in a town especially rich in Civil War history: Alexandria. When city leaders come back from summer break in September they plan a review of policies regarding flying the Confederate flag that also will include a discussion of Confederate statues and street names.
A controversial Confederate statue in Alexandria remains standing despite the city … Alexandria Confederate statue still stands … 24 years after the Civil War …
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A Confederate statue in Alexandria, Va., is the latest memorial associated with the Civil War to be branded "problematic" by Democrats. Alexandria Councilman Justin Wilson (D.) hinted Thursday that the Appomattox statue at the intersection of Washington and Prince Streets in Old Town should be removed.
The names of more than one hundred men who went to war but did not return are engraved on the granite base of the monument. The R.E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans commissioned the statue, sculpted by M. Casper Buberl based on a soldier in the battlefield painting by John A. Elder.
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May 21, 2017 · A statue of an unarmed confederate soldier stands at the intersection of Prince and Washington streets in Alexandria, Va. The monument titled 'Appomattox,' was erected in 1889 as a memorial to soldiers from Alexandria who were killed in the civil war.