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Robert E. Lee monument unveiling souvenir rope
Lee Monument Association1890
American Civil War Museum
Richmond, United States
The souvenir consists of a twisted length of three bundled hemp fiber rope, bound at one end with a red silk ribbon and the other with a white cotton string. Rope used in the installation and unveiling of the Lee Monument.
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- Title: Robert E. Lee monument unveiling souvenir rope
- Creator: Lee Monument Association
- Date Created: 1890
- Provenance: The souvenir section of rope was used to pull the Gen. Robert E. Lee Monument to its present location on Monument Avenue from downtown. "So documented by Archer Lee Richardson, Sr., who participated in this event and recorded further the wearing of white gloves by those holding the rope."
- Subject Keywords: Richmond, Virginia, Monument Avenue, Robert E. Lee
- Type: SOUVENIR
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