[Virginia]
[Williamsburg] [Confederate
Monument]
Typed Manuscript Petition. Unsigned. (circa 1930s) 3
pages. 13 x 8-1/2 inches. Slight deterioration to the lower fold.
The Matter of the Petition of the Daughters of the
Confederacy for permission to erect the Confederate monument in the Courtyard. -
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Historical Note:
“Reacting to
the outcry, the UDC proposed raising the monument on the grounds of the
courthouse the Restoration had just built in town; city and county governments
agreed. When public opposition persisted, the UDC petitioned the circuit court
for help. Judge Donald Halsey found in April that since the city and county had
agreed to the UDC’s moving the monument, all possible owners had assented. The
monument was moved to the new courthouse, to be relocated twice more before
coming to rest in 2000 in a city park behind Colonial Williamsburg’s DeWitt
Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.” – “Colonial
Williamsburg” Journal. Autumn
2011
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