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| One pew end was designed, created, and donated to the College by alumni members of Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) and installed in 1957. It depicts Corporal Julian Edward Wood running with a Confederate flag on his back. | One pew end was designed, created, and donated to the College by alumni members of Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) and installed in 1957. It depicts Corporal Julian Edward Wood running with a Confederate flag on his back. |
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| A 1958 article by Trinity's Assistant Director of Public Relations, Dale Hartford, reprinted in the //Shield and Diamond// (a Pi Kappa Alpha periodical) stated that after his time in the army, Julian Wood entered the University of Virginia, where he was one of six founding members of Pi Kappa Alpha. According to the article, "Three of the six were veterans of the Confederate Army, and founding Pi Kappa Alpha was their attempt at preserving the unique culture and heritage of the South." "This is a very busy weekend at Trinity. It is Alumni Homecoming Weekend... perhaps most notable of all, it is the weekend when Corp. Julian Wood raises the Confederate flag in the Trinity Chapel." | A 1958 article by Trinity's Assistant Director of Public Relations, Dale Hartford, reprinted in the //Shield and Diamond// (a Pi Kappa Alpha periodical) stated that after his time in the army, Julian Wood entered the University of Virginia, where he was one of six founding members of Pi Kappa Alpha. According to the article, "Three of the six were veterans of the Confederate Army, and founding Pi Kappa Alpha was their attempt at preserving the unique culture and heritage of the South." "This is a very busy weekend at Trinity. It is Alumni [[homecoming|Homecoming]] Weekend... perhaps most notable of all, it is the weekend when Corp. Julian Wood raises the Confederate flag in the Trinity Chapel." |
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| Due to its depiction of Confederate iconography, questions about the pew-end's visibility and existence in the Chapel, and what that represents to students, faculty, and staff, were raised in 2017. | Due to its depiction of Confederate iconography, questions about the pew-end's visibility and existence in the Chapel, and what that represents to students, faculty, and staff, were raised in 2017. |
