Continued from September 24, 2020.
From the September 19, 2020, Commonwealth Times "VCU approves removal of on-campus Confederate names, symbols" by Eduardo Acevedo.
These are among the names that will be victims of Confederadication on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University:
McGUIRE HALL-- Named after Hunter H. McGuire, surgeon in the Confederate Army. Not only will the name be removed, but also all associated mentions and references to McGuire Hall.
GINTER HOUSE-- All mentions and commemorations of Lewis Ginter will be removed on Monroe Park and MCV campuses.
JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL CHAPEL-- on the 17th floor of West Hospital on MCV campus. It honors the Confederate president and Kathryn Wittichen, former president of the UDC. The chapel will be permanently de-commemorated, permanently closed and four plaques honoring Davis and Wittichen will be removed from the chapel and West Hospital.
TOMPKINS-McCAW LIBRARY-- Named for five members of the Tomkins and McCaw families. James McCaw and Sally Tompkins operated Confederate hospitals in Richmond during the war. The board voted to remove the name and all associated mentions of the Tompkins-McCaw from the library. they also voted for the removal of Confederate plaques and a portrait of John Syng Dorsey Cullen, a surgeon in the Confederacy, from the library.
WOOD MEMORIAL BUILDING-- Houses VCU's School, of Dentistry. Named after Judson B. Wood, a dentist and private in the Confederate Army. His name will be removed from the building , and all associated mentions and references will be removed from VCU's campuses.
--O;d Secesh
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