Postcards: Confederate Monument

Norfolk's link to the past

Updated: Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012, 1:30 PM EDT

Kerri Furey

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - It stands in the shadows of glass, steel and stone skyscrapers in Norfolk's business district, but when it was erected decades ago, the monument to those who died fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War was the tallest structure around.

Norfolk Historian Peggy McPhillips says even though some might say it looks out of place, it has an important place in the mermaid city's history.

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Postcards: Confederate Monument

Norfolk's link to the past

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