Snapshots of RVA: Confederate War Memorial Chapel

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  • IMG_2758 This cannon was used to defend Fort Sumter.
  • IMG_2763 This cannon was used to defend Fort Sumter.
  • IMG_2766 The Confederate Memorial Chapel.
  • IMG_2770 This cannon was used to defend Fort Sumter.

The Confederate War Memorial Chapel was built as a memorial to the soldiers who died on the Confederate side during the Civil War. Right in front, very unassumingly, sits a cannon with a plaque that reads “One of the guns used in the defence of Fort Sumter.” So, basically, a piece of U.S. history is sitting right in front of it, surrounded by shrubs. It’s a pretty neat thing. The chapel is behind the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.