This past week, I had a matter before the Virginia Supreme Court, in Richmond, Va. It was my second time at the Virginia Supreme Court, and despite it being the second time, the experience was just as memorable.
It was not what happened inside the courtroom. Rather, it was the bronze plaque that I passed while walking to the Supreme Court, on the edge of Virginia’s capitol grounds. I found it shocking each of the two times I passed it, but this second time, I believe it deserves further consideration.
There, a large monument sits, of George Washington, astride a horse, and a plaque. The plaque reads: "INAUGURATION OF DAVIS"
On a platform erected on this spot, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the regularly elected president of the Confederate States of America, Feb. 22, 1862.
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