Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Token: Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation...Oct.12,1935
Object Number:
INV.3903A
Date:
1935
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse showing image of building at center with inscriptions: "STRATFORD HALL/HOME OF THE LEES/WESTMORELAND CO. VA./1729-1935"; legend within line border: "ROBERT EDWARD LEE-THOMAS-RICHARD HENRY-FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT-ARTHUR-WILLIAM-HENRY-." Reverse bears inscription at center: "DEDICATION/OCTOBER 12th 1935/ROBERT E. LEE MEMORIAL/FOUNDATION INC./AN INSPIRATION/TO AMERICAN/PATRIOTISM"; surrounding legend: " 'THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES' - RICHARD HENRY LEE."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
