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The first monument to come down was pulled down by protestors. Now it’s displayed as it fell – on its side and splashed with pink paint.
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It took just minutes to free the statue of Gen. A. P. Hill from the base Monday morning before it was moved to a bed of tires on a flatbed truck.
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Because of its prominent place as the capital of the Confederacy, Virginia has more Confederate statues and memorials and schools named for Confederates than any other state. So these debates are likely to continue.
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When crews in Richmond removed the monument to General Robert E Lee and the Confederacy, they looked for a time capsule stowed away inside its base. But they never found it, until Monday.
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Work to remove the pedestal that held up the statue of Robert E Lee on Richmond’s Monument Avenue started Monday, underlining state and city officials’ challenge of displaying the removed monuments, especially those altered by protestors.
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Gov. Ralph Northam has announced that his administration will remove an enormous pedestal that until earlier this year held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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When the city of Charlottesville removed statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from public parks, many people figured the debate was over, but the city has some additional decisions to make.
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The 12-ton bronze statue of Robert E Lee stood six stories tall over Richmond’s Monument avenue for 130 years, until it was removed in short order by work crews Wednesday.
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It took a little over an hour to remove the statue
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced his plan to take down the statue last June, 10 days after George Floyd’s death.