Patriots Monument

The Patriots Monument on Henry Hill.

NPS

Quick Facts

Location:

Manassas, Virginia

Significance:

Civil War Monument

Designation:

National Battlefield Park

Amenities

1 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

One of the earliest endeavors to remember the fallen occurred soon after the war concluded. Union troops stationed at nearby Fairfax Court House, many of whom had recently served on burial duty at the battlefield, recognized the need for a fitting memorial to the Federal dead of First Manassas. With the approval of their officers and the authorization of the government, and in one of their final acts before discharge, the soldiers erected the Bull Run monument. Construction took nearly three weeks and was completed in June 1865. It remains one of the oldest extant monuments on any Civil War battlefield.

Inscription:

In Memory of the Patriots Who Fell at Bull Run
July 21, 1861
Erected June 10th 1865