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Take a tour of the monuments on “America’s Most Beautiful Boulevard.”
 
By Kevin W., July 12, 2008
Major General J. E. B. Stuart Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Richmond, The Fan District — Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart
On Stuart Circle at Monument Avenue and N. Lombardy Street, in the median on Stuart Circle. Reported permanently removed.
[Monument's east side]: Commanding Cavalry Corps Army Northern Virginia Confederate States of America *** This statue erected by his comrades and the City of Richmond A.D. 1906 [Monument's south side]: “Tell . . . — — Map (db m9150) HM
2 ► Virginia, Richmond, The Fan District — Robert E. Lee Monument
On Monument Avenue at N Allen Avenue, in the median on Monument Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
Lee — — Map (db m19852) WM
3 ► Virginia, Richmond, The Fan District — Inner Line of Defence
On Monument Avenue 0.1 miles west of Strawberry Street, in the median. Reported permanently removed.
This cannon marks the spot where in 1861 a large earthwork of the Inner Line of Defence was constructed Placed in 1915 by the City of Richmond at the request of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society — — Map (db m15509) HM
4 ► Virginia, Richmond, The Fan District — Jefferson Davis — President of the Confederate States of America — 1861 – 1865
On Monument Avenue at Davis Avenue, in the median on Monument Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
Jefferson Davis Exponent of Constitutional Principles Defender of the Rights of States Crescit occulto velut arbor aevo fama With constancy and courage unsurpassed, he sustained the heavy burden laid upon him by his people. When their cause . . . — — Map (db m270935) HM
5 ► Virginia, Richmond, Museum District — Stonewall Jackson
On Monument Avenue at North Blvd. (Virginia Route 161), in the median on Monument Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
Born 1824 Killed at Chancellorsville 1863 — — Map (db m19850) WM
6 ► Virginia, Richmond, Museum District — Maury
On Monument Avenue at N Belmont Avenue, in the median on Monument Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
Pathfinder of the Seas — — Map (db m19851) HM
7 ► Virginia, Richmond, Museum District — Arthur Ashe Monument — Monument Avenue Historic District —
On Monument Avenue at Roseneath Road, in the median on Monument Avenue.
[Inscription on east face of monument:]Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. 1943 - 1993 World Champion, Author, Humanitarian, Founder of Virginia Heroes, Incorporated, Native of Richmond, Virginia. This Monument was placed at Monument Avenue and . . . — — Map (db m22823) HM
8 ► Virginia, Richmond, Museum District — Second Line of the Confederate Defenses
On Monument Avenue 0.1 miles west of Roseneath Road, in the median. Reported permanently removed.
This cannon marks the location of the Second Line of the Confederate Defenses of Richmond Placed in 1938 by the City of Richmond at the request of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society — — Map (db m15510) HM
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