UpdatedFri, Feb 26, 2021 at 10:22 am ET Replies(5) In this alcove along Fairfax Boulevard used to sit "The First Soldier of the South to Shed His Blood for the Confederacy," a monument dedicated in 1927 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. (Michael O'Connell | Patch) The official seal of the City of Fairfax includes the image of a Confederate soldier. (Michael O'Connell/Patch) The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted in September to remove a Confederate monument from the grounds of the old Fairfax County Courthouse. (Mark Hand/Patch) FAIRFAX CITY, VA — In recent weeks, workers have been demolishing the vacant Travelodge on Fairfax Boulevard to make way for a new Wawa gas station. A stone wall separates the property from the sidewalk that runs along the road. At one point, the wall dips toward the demolished building and forms an alcove that sits empty except for a collection of leaves and debris.