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...
