Newport News, Virginia - Warwick County Confederate Memorial - Removed 2020, Remains in storage 2025
Salute! NEVER FORGET! This Warwick County Confederate Memorial (redesignated as a memorial to ALL VETERANS) in Newport News, Virginia was removed in 2020 and remains in storage to this day! (photos I took March 2019). It had stood in front of the 1884 Warwick County Courthouse for over a century and was considered the most important war memorial in the city. Having been rededicated "In Honor of our Brave Warwick County Veterans" in 2009, this +20-foot granite obelisk had been erected in 1909 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to honor locals who honorably answered the call to serve and who had died while in service to their country as Confederate soldiers. The monument bore the inscription; "Unveiled May 27, 1909 to our Gallant Soldiers of the Confederacy, Warwick County." (photos taken March 3, 2019) Following George Floyd protests, on July 7, 2020, the Newport News City Council voted 6-1 to remove it. The monument was removed on October 21, 202...