. Virginia in black and white . and points on the peninsula is at Gordons-ville. Richmond must always possess a fascination for the tourist. Noother city in the United States is so rich in colonial and national memories,and none has more carefully guarded its relics. In St. Johns Church Pat-rick Henry cried out for liberty or death. The Capitol Square has the Wash-ington and Stonewall Jackson monuments, of world-wide fame ; and in theCapitol are statues of Washington, Clay and Lafayette, modeled from life ;also many interesting relics of colonial and confederate days : while amongthe many poin
. Virginia in black and white . and points on the peninsula is at Gordons-ville. Richmond must always possess a fascination for the tourist. Noother city in the United States is so rich in colonial and national memories,and none has more carefully guarded its relics. In St. Johns Church Pat-rick Henry cried out for liberty or death. The Capitol Square has the Wash-ington and Stonewall Jackson monuments, of world-wide fame ; and in theCapitol are statues of Washington, Clay and Lafayette, modeled from life ;also many interesting relics of colonial and confederate days : while amongthe many points of interest to the visitor may be mentioned Hollywood,Oakwood, and National cemeteries, where repose many illustrious dead andnearly seventy thousand soldiers who fell in the siege of Richmond ; Wash-ingtons old head-quarters ; Richmond College ; Gambles Hill, overlooking 55 Belle Isle and the Tredegar Iron Works ; the war-time residence of JeffersonDavis ; the site of Libby Prison and Libby Hill Park, overlooking the New riVer. The monuments to the Southern heroes are interesting. The Lee monu-ment, which stands in a highly fortunate location, is one of the most impos-ing in America. The statue of the great Southern leader is unquestionablythe finest equestrian statue in the country. There are also statues of Wick-ham and J. E. B. Stuart, and the Soldiers and Sailors monument standson Libby Hill. A statue of Gen. John R. Cooke will shortly be erected. 56 Richmond has an active, energetic population, is growing rapidly, and,while a typical Southern city, is fully abreast of the times. Williamsburg.— Between Richmond and Newport News are many placesof interest, but none more full of historic associations than the close of the seventeenth century Governor Nicholson removedthe seat of Government from Jamestown, the scene of so many struggles,to Middle-Plantation, or Williamsburg. Commissary Blair obtained fromWilliam and Mary the charter for the s
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