First Secession Meeting

[Front]:

First Secession Meeting, Chesterfield Courthouse.

Nov. 19, 1860.

Banner used on Secession Day.

[Rear]:

Dedicated by the U.D.C's of Chesterfield Co. to the brave men, devoted women and faithful slaves, '61-'65.

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Park Drive, on the ...

First Secession Meeting Boulder

This stone

marks the spot

where

the

first secession

speeches

were made.

Marker can be reached from Secession Avenue (County Road 01-120) east of Branch Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Secession Meeting Columns

[Northwest]

"Lord God of Hosts, Be With Us Yet,

Lest We Forget, Lest We Forget

On the hillside in the rear of this memorial on November 22, 1860, the first organized secession meeting was held.

On that day the ancient artillery company, the Southern ...