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DescriptionChesterfield County courthouse and confederate monument (May 4, 2020).jpg	English: This is an image of Chesterfield County courthouse and the confederate monument that sits outside it in Courthouse Square. The area around the current courthouse was home to an original courthouse, built in 1749. That building was burned by British troops in 1781, but rebuilt in 1783. Towards the end of the Civil War, it served as a rallying point for Confederate forces fleeing Petersburg (which had just been taken by US forces). In the early 1900's, there was a debate on whether to preserve the old courthouse and build a new one elsewhere, or demolish it and build the new one on the original site. Eventually those in favor of demolition won out and the original building was destroyed to make way for a new and current one, which was built in 1917. The confederate monument in the image is made up of a 23 ft. granite pedestal and 6 ft. bronze statue of a confederate soldier. The plaque at the base of the monument on the front side reads "1861 IN MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF CHESTERFIELD AND MANCHESTER 1863." On the other side, it reads "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI," which is Latin for "It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country." At the base of the statue itself are two Latin words, "VIRTUS" which means "heroic manhood," and "veritas," "truth." (It should be noted that the creator of this image does not intend to condone, celebrate, justify, or glorify the confederate monument being described in any way.) This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 92001008.
Date	4 May 2020, 13:54:44
Source	Own work
Author	マンゴーマン

Camera location	37° 22′ 34.46″ N, 77° 30′ 25.02″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	37.376239; -77.506949

The confederate monument in the image was erected in 1903, with an unveiling ceremony held on September 2nd of that year. According to a Richmond Times Dispatch (RTD) article published on August 30th, 1903, the monument was advocated for in a "meeting of Confederate veteran residents in [Chesterfield] and friends of the Lost Cause" the previous year, and that those groups had helped secure its funding. In another article published the day after the unveiling (09/03/1903), the entire transcript of Judge John Henry Ingram's speech before the monument was given, in which he encouraged the crowd to "take to [their] hearts the lesson [the monument] teaches of love, patriotism, and obedience to the law." Additionally, a paraphrasing of a speech given by Philip V. Cogbill, the son of Captain W. W. Tilghman Cogbill (Civil War veteran) was also provided. According to the paper, he stated "the monument before him had been erected to teach the children and grandchildren of those present that their forefathers and kinsfolk of the Confederate war, instead of being traitors, were noblemen and patriots, deserving the highest fame.”

This information can be found from the Richmond Times Dispatch's archives available on Chronicling America. The links to the two articles referenced are:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-08-30/ed-1/seq-2/ (09/03/1903)

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-09-03/ed-1/seq-1/ (09/03/1903)

(It should be noted that the creator of this image does not intend to agree with or celebrate the opinions expressed by the speakers before the monument's unveiling in any way.)

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