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A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue to create new art
In 2017, debate over Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue sparked a violent neo-Nazi rally that left a woman dead. Now, a Black cultural center wants to melt it down and turn it into public art.
An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed
The Emancipation and Freedom Monument — two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant newly freed from slavery — was unveiled in Richmond, the former Confederate capital.
With Robert E. Lee's Statue Gone, Virginia Reveals Some New Plans For Its Pedestal
A 133-year-old time capsule that was placed at the pedestal of the Confederate monument in Richmond, Va. in 1887 will be replaced by a new time capsule filled with modern-day artifacts.
Virginia Military Institute Removes Statue of Confederate Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson
The figure of Jackson was removed from its pedestal in front of the campus barracks Monday morning. It will be relocated to the Virginia Museum of the Civil War in New Market, Va.
Judge Orders Richmond's Robert E. Lee Statue Can Be Removed
Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the statue removed in June. The statue, which stands 60 feet high, is the only Confederate statue still standing on the city's Monument Avenue.
Confederate Statues Come Down Around U.S., But Not Everywhere
Though George Floyd's death renewed calls to remove Confederate monuments, some cities formally decided to protect them.
Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury
The statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike was long a unique sight in the nation's capital. But it met the same inglorious fate Friday as a host of other controversial monuments across the U.S.
Virginia Judge Blocks Plan To Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee
Judge Bradley B. Cavedo issued a temporary injunction prompted by a lawsuit that claims the state promised to protect the statue when the land it is located on was annexed in 1890.