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Taken: September 10, 2010
Caption: Metairie Cemetery Northern VA Monument
Additional Description: ...The Army of Northern Virginia, Louisiana Division, Benevolent Association, built a tumulus in the eastern curve of the race track’s infield interior. Atop the tumulus stands a 38 foot column, upon which is a statue of Lieutenant General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The tumulus was dedicated on May 10, 1881. When former Confederate President Jefferson Davis died while visiting New Orleans on December 6, 1889, he was buried in one of the front vaults of this tumulus. (Davis’ remains were transferred to a permanent burial place in Richmond, VA in 1893.) …- GONOLA
Submitted: August 16, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p322919
File Size: 2.429 Megabytes

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