Chap. 221.—An ACT endorsing the erection of a statute of brotherhood, at
Fort Wool, otherwise called the “Rip Raps” in Hampton Roads.

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Approved March 16, 1920.

Whereas, in emulation of the great statue of liberty in New York
harbor, erected there as a perpetual memorial of the blessings of free-
dom, won by the blood and sacrifices of our patriotic forefathers, and
the magnificent assistance given our colonies by the French people, an
organization has been perfected for the erection of a similar statue, in
that other great Atlantic harbor—the Hampton Roads—to be called a
statue of brotherhood; and :

Whereas, it is eminently fitting and just that such a statue should
be erected as a memorial to our American citizens who gave their lives
on the hard fought battlefields of Europe, or on the unmarkable con-
testing points upon the brimy deep, and as an evidence of our desire
to do them perpetual honor; as a witness of the toils and sacrifices of
those who fought in the self same battles and are spared, and to their
numerous com-patriots at home, who sustained them with the material
necessities of war and by their indomitable spirit; and as a herald to
those yet to come of the fact of our entry into the world war without
hope of material gain, but solely to preserve our own liberty, achieve
futher liberty for the oppressed, and in answer to the eternal call of
the brotherhood of man; and

Whereas, the Hampton Roads constitutes the most appropriate and
fitting spot in the entire confines of this great republic as the location
of this great statue, being not only an ideal spot from which to pro-
claim the brotherhood of nations, but also the reunion of the north
and south, once locked in deadly combat over this identical site, from
which port hundred of thousands of their sons embarked to fight side
by side on the fields of France, Belgium and Italy, and because all
arms of the service can best be memorialized and. commemorated here
—the army, navy and marine corps—the air, the land and the sea; and

Whereas, also, at the last session of the General Assembly, a com-
mittee composed of senators Walter E. Addison and P. H. Drewry,
and delegates Edward R. Fuller, Thomas Lomax Hunter and E. Grif-
fith Dodson were appointed for the purpose of making a report upon a
suitable memorial for Virginia’s sons who fought in the world war,
and the said committe in its report recommended the endorsement
of the statue of brotherhood ; now therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it
gives its endorsement to the above outlined statue of brotherhood
movement, and calls upon our national government and our sister
States to join in the same movement for the purpose of making it a
truly national memorial in every particular.