Old Blandford Church. Petersburg, Va: Built 1735 now being restored by the Ladies' Memorial Association, as a Confederate Memorial Chapel

Old Blandford Church. Petersburg, Va: Built 1735 now being restored by the Ladies' Memorial Association, as a Confederate Memorial Chapel

According to Cullings from the Confederacy p. 155 (Washington, D.C., 1903) the poem was written by Mrs. Schermerhorn, daughter of Chief Justice Hening of Richmond, Va. First line: Thou art crumbling to the dust, old pile.
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Old Blandford Church. Petersburg, Va: Built 1735 now being restored by the Ladies' Memorial Association, as a Confederate Memorial Chapel
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Creator(s)
Schermerhorn, (Hening) (creator)
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Church buildings
Confederacy
Confederate
Conservation and restoration
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Nostalgia
Old Blandford Church (Petersburg, Va.)
Petersburg
Richmond, Va.
Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Type
text
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