monument at Fairfax County Courthouse (Manassas: area, company, kids)

[tulani]

I posted this is the general Virginia area and was told I might have better luck here.


I am currently on the website, but it's no help...

I am right in the middle of writing an article and can't find this information (readily) by searching Google, so thought I would ask here.

There is a granite monument on the lawn of the Fairfax County Courthouse. There are cannons on either side of it. Can anyone tell me what the monument is?

Thanks.

[Old Town FFX]

Do you mean this one?



It marks the site of the opening conflict of the war of 1861.

John Q. Marr

John Quincy Marr (May 27, 1825 – June 1, 1861) was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate soldier killed by a Union soldier in combat in the American Civil War. Marr was killed at the Battle of Fairfax Court House, Virginia on June 1, 1861. He had been a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention and ultimately supported secession of Virginia from the Union after initially opposing it.

Then there's this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle...use_(June_1861)

[choff5]

In case you didn't see my second post on your other note, here's a site I found with the inscription and pics
Monument to John Q. Marr Marker

[tulani]

Originally Posted by choff5

In case you didn't see my second post on your other note, here's a site I found with the inscription and pics
Monument to John Q. Marr Marker

Thanks...that is what I was referring to. I just didn't want to call it something it wasn't.

Now I can finish the article.

Again, THANKS.

[gomason]

My great great grandfather from Pittsburgh was in that battle. He also buried the dead in Manassas.

[ffx rez]

The answer is the second link if you google "monument at Fairfax County Courthouse"

[JT-3]

There is so much history there I doubt kids (or most adults) today realize.

Just down the street at Fair Lakes is a battlefield nearly bulldozed over.