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The Life of Monument Avenue


The Life of Monument Avenue - Google Arts & Culture

In the public life of Richmond, “Monument Avenue” became more than a collection of Confederate statues. The monuments, combined with the architecturally ...

The origin story of Monument Avenue, America's most controversial ...

The boulevard that long defined Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederacy, began as a ploy by a savvy real estate developer.

On Monument Avenue

A curated reading list of essential historical writing, viewing, and listening on Monument Avenue history, the Civil War and its legacies, and Virginia and ...

Cornerstone Contributions: Creating Monument Avenue

Making it an avenue of Confederate monuments between 1890 and 1929 was part of a deliberate reinterpretation of Southern history half a ...

Monument Avenue - Wikipedia

Monument Avenue is a tree-lined grassy mall dividing the eastbound and westbound traffic in Richmond, Virginia, originally named for its emblematic complex ...

Monument Avenue and the Lost Cause - Smarthistory

Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, is the original site of six bronze sculptures honoring famous individuals from American history. Five of the sculptures ...

The Rise and Fall of Monument Avenue's Confederate Statues

Planning for the Avenue began in 1888 when a large statue of Robert E. Lee was proposed in an undeveloped area west of the city. The statue was ...

The Rise and Fall of Monument Avenue

Rather than focusing on each individual monument, this collection aims to present a holistic view of Monument Avenue's development and history. Monument Avenue ...

On Richmond's evolving Monument Avenue, myth and ugly lies run ...

Monument Avenue, which became one of the most fashionable and architecturally significant streets in the country as it took form around the turn ...

"An Avenue for All People:" How Arthur Ashe Came to Monument ...

“Monument Avenue, in all its natural and architectural beauty, celebrates the worst in our history – traitors who fought against human freedom ...

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.

Monument Avenue and the Lost Cause (video) - Khan Academy

Richmond's Monument Avenue, once adorned with Confederate statues, stands empty, marking a shift in public sentiment. The removal of these statues ...

Monument Avenue: AR Technology and Confederate Monument ...

Monument Avenue is the well-known street in Richmond, Virginia that used to be the site of six statues, including five dedicated to Confederate ...

Monument Avenue: Richmond, Virginia

Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997, the avenue's linear corridor is an excellent example of the late 19th century Beaux-Arts–inspired urban ...

Monument Avenue Historic District | TCLF

Burgwyn in 1888, proposed the extension of Franklin Street through a meadow west of downtown. Two years later sculptor Jean Antoine Mercie's towering statue of ...

Remembering and Forgetting on Richmond's Monument Avenue

The history of these men was lost with the destruction of the earthworks and the construction of Monument Avenue. The scores of Confederate ...

Monument Avenue and the Lost Cause - YouTube

A conversation on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, July, 2021 speakers: Dr. Sarah Beetham and Dr. Steven Zucker.

A reimagined Monument Avenue could 'reflect on our past and point ...

While most monuments were added to public spaces such as courthouse squares, parks, and intersections, Monument Avenue was conceived as part of ...

On Monument Avenue | When Sally Met Dali: Richmond ...

The Ashe statue drama demonstrated that Monument Avenue would not remain forever an exclusively Confederate memorial, and that Monument Avenue ...

Monument Avenue: Robert. E. Lee Monument

Richmond's Confederate monuments on Monument Avenue supported the Lost Cause myth and dominated the city's monumental landscape more than 130 ...


Bonifacio and the Katipunan Revolution Monument

Historical landmark in Manila, Philippines

The Bonifacio Shrine, also known as the Kartilya ng Katipunan or Heroes Park, is a public park and plaza in Ermita, Manila, Philippines located just north of the Manila City Hall and south of Mehan Garden and Liwasang Bonifacio.