May 29
Memorial Day
This is the memorial erected in memory of Civil War soldiers at Hollywood Cemetary in Richmond. It stands 90 feet high and was build in 1869 to honor more than 18,000 Confederate soldiers who were lost. Union soldiers are also buried here.
Engraved in a stone on the side pictured are the words, “Numini et Patriae Asto,” which, translated, means “They stood for God and their country,” a poignant postscript to the defeat they gave their lives to prevent.
