Tag: appomattox

Your Views: Why remove the Appomattox?

To the editor: Why couldn't he have been renamed to “The Civil War Contemplator” or just “Contemplation?” He could stand for a generic soldier of...

Your Views: A memorial of slavery in Alexandria

To the editor: First, the City of Alexandria, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United Daughters of the Confederacy should be commended for the removal...

Confederate statue damaged by car crash

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The city’s controversial Appomattax statue, which sits at the intersection of South Washington and Prince streets was struck by a...

Letter to the Editor: A protest statue for the ages

To the editor: Leave Alexandria’s “protest statue” – also known as “The Appomattox” — alone. Its dramatic art is ideal for current and future protests. Its...

Christ Church decision provokes significant response from inside – and outside...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Christ Church’s decision to relocate plaques honoring two of its most famous members, George Washington and Robert E. Lee, from...

Alexandrians respond to Charlottesville

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Though Alexandria is more than two hours from Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists hosted a rally on Saturday that resulted in...