The Peace Convention
THE PEACE CONVENTION
THE OLD WILLARD HOTEL WAS THE SCENE
OF THE LAST MAJOR EFFORT TO RESTORE
THE UNION AND PREVENT THE CIVIL WAR
AT VIRGINIA'S INVITATION. DELEGATES FROM
TWENTY-ONE OF THE THEN THIRTY-FOUR
STATES MET IN SECRET SESSION FROM
FEBRUARY 4 TO 27 1861 IN A VAIN ATTEMPT
TO SOLVE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE NORTH AND SOUTH
TO HONOR THOSE WHO WORKED FOR PEACE
AND UNITY. THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY
THE VIRGINIA CIVIL WAR COMMISSION
FEBRUARY. 1961