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Virginia Military Institute Removes Statue of Confederate Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson

6:57pm December 07, 2020

by Dustin Jones

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.

City workers drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. on Aug. 23, 2017.

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Judge Blocks Removal Of Confederate Statue That Sparked Charlottesville Protest

6:40pm September 14, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

An effort to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee sparked the white nationalist rally in 2017 that resulted in the deaths of counter-demonstrator Heather Heyer and two state police officers.