Virginia is set to remove Richmond's Lee statue on Wednesday
3 years, 6 months ago

Virginia is set to remove Richmond's Lee statue on Wednesday

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond Virginia is set to come down on Wednesday, more than 130 years after it was built as a tribute to a Civil War hero who is now widely seen as a symbol of racial injustice, state officials said Monday. “This is an important step in showing who we are and what we value as a commonwealth.” The imposing, 21-foot tall bronze likeness of Lee on a horse sits atop a granite pedestal nearly twice that high in the grassy center of a traffic circle on Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue. In Monday's news release, state officials said that preparations for the statue's removal will began 6 p.m. Tuesday when crews will install protective fencing. In Richmond, a city that was the capital of the Confederacy for much of the Civil War, the Lee statue became the epicenter of last summer’s protest movement.

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Robert E. Lee statue that prompted deadly protest in Virginia melted down
1 year, 4 months ago

Robert E. Lee statue that prompted deadly protest in Virginia melted down

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Statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, melted down to create new art
1 year, 4 months ago

Statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, melted down to create new art

CNN  

CNN — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once at the center of the deadly 2017 White nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been melted down. Schmidt co-leads “Swords into Plowshares,” a project dedicated to transforming the controversial Lee statue into public art. While other Confederate statues across the South have been removed …

US city removes last public Confederate statue
2 years, 3 months ago

US city removes last public Confederate statue

Al Jazeera  

Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, ordered Confederate symbols removed amid the 2020 racial justice protests across the US. The US city of Richmond, Virginia, once the capital of the Confederacy during the United States Civil War, has removed its last public statue commemorating a Confederate general. Richmond began removing its remaining public Confederate statues in February, and has said that the …

Richmond awards contract to remove monument pedestals
3 years, 2 months ago

Richmond awards contract to remove monument pedestals

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond has awarded a contract for removing the city’s last major Confederate statue and the pedestals where other Civil War monuments once stood. The city published a notice Wednesday saying it will award the contract to the same company that recently finished taking down the city’s Robert E. Lee memorial — Newport News-based Team Henry Enterprises, which …

Pedestal where Lee statue stood in Va. capital fully removed
3 years, 2 months ago

Pedestal where Lee statue stood in Va. capital fully removed

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The enormous pedestal where the Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia’s capital resided for over 130 years until September has been completely removed and hauled away. Every piece of the 40-foot-tall pedestal where the bronze statue stood over Monument Avenue in Richmond was gone from a traffic circle as of Friday afternoon, WRIC-TV reported. Ralph Northam announced …

Experts pull documents, money from Lee statue time capsule
3 years, 2 months ago

Experts pull documents, money from Lee statue time capsule

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artifacts Tuesday from a long-sought-after time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The time capsule had been found a day earlier — buried and sitting in water — by workers wrapping up …

Mystery lingers around time capsule found beneath Lee statue
3 years, 3 months ago

Mystery lingers around time capsule found beneath Lee statue

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin were found Wednesday in a time capsule that lay hidden beneath a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia for more than 130 years. Devon Henry, the contractor who took down the Lee statue and is continuing to work on the removal of …

Virginia To Remove Robert E. Lee Statue Pedestal, Transfer Land To City
3 years, 3 months ago

Virginia To Remove Robert E. Lee Statue Pedestal, Transfer Land To City

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that his administration will remove an enormous pedestal that until earlier this year held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. The Lee statue, a one-of-a-kind bronze equestrian piece installed in 1890, was perched in the middle of the traffic circle, part of a collection …

Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city
3 years, 3 months ago

Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that his administration will remove an enormous pedestal that until earlier this year held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. The Lee statue, a one-of-a-kind bronze equestrian piece installed in 1890, was perched in the middle of the traffic circle, part of a collection of other Confederate …

Black Heritage Center Submits Proposal To Melt Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue
3 years, 5 months ago

Black Heritage Center Submits Proposal To Melt Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue

Huff Post  

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E Lee located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is transported away after being removed from Market Street Park in July. The Washington Post via Getty Images A Black heritage center in Charlottesville, Virginia, wants to melt down the city’s recently removed statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee so that it can be repurposed into public …

An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed
3 years, 6 months ago

An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed

NPR  

An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed Enlarge this image toggle caption Virginia's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission Virginia's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission Two weeks after the 6o-foot-tall statue of Robert E. Lee was removed in Richmond, Va., the former Confederate capital city has become home to a …

New capsule installed within pedestal where Lee statue stood
3 years, 6 months ago

New capsule installed within pedestal where Lee statue stood

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Lee statue base reassembled after failed time capsule search
3 years, 6 months ago

Lee statue base reassembled after failed time capsule search

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Statue of General Robert E Lee comes down in former Confederate capital of Virginia
3 years, 6 months ago

Statue of General Robert E Lee comes down in former Confederate capital of Virginia

Firstpost  

The removal marked a major victory for civil rights activists, whose previous calls to dismantle the statues had been steadfastly rebuked by city and state officials alike Richmond: A statue of General Robert E Lee that towered over Richmond for generations was taken down, cut into pieces and hauled away Wednesday, as the former capital of the Confederacy erased the …

Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital
3 years, 6 months ago

Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for generations was taken down, cut into pieces and hauled away Wednesday, as the former capital of the Confederacy erased the last of the Civil War figures that once defined its most prominent thoroughfare. “It’s very difficult to imagine, certainly, even two years ago that the …

1 Of America's Largest Remaining Monuments To Confederacy To Be Removed In Virginia
3 years, 6 months ago

1 Of America's Largest Remaining Monuments To Confederacy To Be Removed In Virginia

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RICHMOND, Va. — Crews are set to remove one of the country’s largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. Crews are set to remove one of the country’s largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. In Richmond, a city …

Lee statue in Richmond set to be removed, sent to storage
3 years, 6 months ago

Lee statue in Richmond set to be removed, sent to storage

The Independent  

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Virginia removes massive Confederate monument
3 years, 6 months ago

Virginia removes massive Confederate monument

Al Jazeera  

Activists have long said the hulking statue of Civil War General Robert E Lee in Richmond glorifies the US South’s slave-owning past. In a move that caps decades of activism, crews have removed one of the United States’ largest remaining Confederate statues – a towering statue of Robert E Lee in Richmond, Virginia. Our streets!” and singing “Hey hey hey, …

Virginia Supreme Court Rules The State Can Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee
3 years, 6 months ago

Virginia Supreme Court Rules The State Can Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee

NPR  

Virginia Supreme Court Rules The State Can Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee Enlarge this image toggle caption Steve Helber/AP Steve Helber/AP RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday that the state can take down an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that became widely seen as a symbol of racial injustice as it towered …

What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight
3 years, 7 months ago

What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight

The Independent  

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‘An incredible day’ as Lee statue removed in Charlottesville
3 years, 8 months ago

‘An incredible day’ as Lee statue removed in Charlottesville

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Cheers erupted Saturday as a Confederate statue that towered for nearly a century over downtown Charlottesville was carted away by truck from the Virginia city where it had become a flashpoint for racist protests and deadly violence. The statue’s removal came more than five years after racial justice activists had renewed a push to take down the …

Charlottesville statue that sparked deadly white supremacy rally removed
3 years, 8 months ago

Charlottesville statue that sparked deadly white supremacy rally removed

ABC  

A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been hoisted off its stone pedestal. Key points: The removal of the statues was held up by a lawsuit and a law that was amended in 2020 There have been 10 expressions of interest from organisations wanting to acquire the statues Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker …

Charlottesville set to remove Lee statue that sparked rally
3 years, 8 months ago

Charlottesville set to remove Lee statue that sparked rally

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that became a rallying point for white supremacists and helped inspire their infamous 2017 rally in Charlottesville will be hoisted off its pedestal this weekend and sent to storage, officials announced Friday. The Lee statue and another Confederate tribute nearby are both scheduled to be removed Saturday, nearly four …

Opinion: The House takes a revealing vote on Confederate statues
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: The House takes a revealing vote on Confederate statues

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project and the author of “Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics.” She co-hosts the history podcasts “Past Present” and “This Day in Esoteric Political History” and is co-producer of the new podcast “Welcome To Your Fantasy.” …

Virginia hopes to remove time capsule along with Lee statue
3 years, 9 months ago

Virginia hopes to remove time capsule along with Lee statue

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — If a court clears the way, the state of Virginia expects to remove not just a soaring statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue but also a little-known piece of history tucked inside the massive sculpture’s base: a 134-year-old time capsule. Ralph Northam’s office shared details of the time capsule removal project …

Virginia court to hear challenges to removal of Lee statue
3 years, 9 months ago

Virginia court to hear challenges to removal of Lee statue

The Independent  

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Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue can finally be removed after 5 years of protests, court rules
3 years, 11 months ago

Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue can finally be removed after 5 years of protests, court rules

Salon  

Late last week, the Virginia Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision that prevented the city of Charlottesville from removing a monument of Confederate general Robert E. Lee — the same monument that was the focus of a violent white nationalist and neo-Nazi rally in 2017. "Stonewall" Jackson after a group of residents had sued to prevent the statues' removal, …

High court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues
3 years, 11 months ago

High court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues

Associated Press  

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Virginia’s highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block …

Virginia lawmakers vote to remove statue of segregationist
4 years, 2 months ago

Virginia lawmakers vote to remove statue of segregationist

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A panel of Virginia legislators advanced a bill Friday to remove a statue of Harry F. Byrd Sr., a staunch segregationist, from the state Capitol grounds. He ran the state’s most powerful political machine for decades until his death in 1966 and was considered the architect of the state’s racist “massive resistance” policy to public school integration. …

Lee statue removed from US Capitol is now in Virginia museum
4 years, 3 months ago

Lee statue removed from US Capitol is now in Virginia museum

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The Robert E. Lee statue that stood in the U.S. Capitol on behalf of the state of Virginia for 111 years has been taken to a museum in Richmond. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the 700-pound bronze statue of Lee arrived Tuesday at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Confederate monuments have reemerged as a national …

Confederate general Robert E Lee statue removed from US capitol
4 years, 3 months ago

Confederate general Robert E Lee statue removed from US capitol

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Virginia governor Ralph Northam has announced that a statue of …

Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue
4 years, 3 months ago

Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue

Associated Press  

LEXINGTON, Va. — The Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Monday, a project initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the public college. The college, which had resisted calls to remove the Jackson statue over the summer, changed course in October after The Washington Post published a story that described …

Judge sides with Virginia, but Lee statue stays put for now
4 years, 4 months ago

Judge sides with Virginia, but Lee statue stays put for now

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Democratic Virginia governor’s plans to remove an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — but said the state can’t immediately act on his order. Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant sided with the Commonwealth, writing that Virginia had proved that enforcing those deeds would be …

Black contractor braves threats in removing Richmond statues
4 years, 4 months ago

Black contractor braves threats in removing Richmond statues

The Independent  

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US: Confederate statue removed near site of 2017 far-right rally
4 years, 6 months ago

US: Confederate statue removed near site of 2017 far-right rally

Al Jazeera  

A Confederate statue has been taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a white supremacist rally three years ago resulted in a counter-protester’s death. The Albemarle County Board of supervisors voted in August to remove the “At Ready” statue, which displays a Confederate soldier, from outside the county court. We know that taking this action is not some end point,” said …

Detailed plans in place for careful removal of Lee statue
4 years, 7 months ago

Detailed plans in place for careful removal of Lee statue

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — When the bronze equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived by rail in Richmond from Paris in 1890, it took 10,000 men, women and children to haul its pieces more than a mile to the site where the towering monument was erected as a tribute to a Confederate hero. Howard Conservation, a Pennsylvania company that specializes …

Richmond removes Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue
4 years, 8 months ago

Richmond removes Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Work crews have taken down the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue, the sixth Confederate monument to be removed in Richmond amid national protests against police brutality and symbols many see as racist icons. Richmond’s largest statue left standing is on state land — the massive monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. These Confederate statues were erected …

Richmond removes statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
4 years, 8 months ago

Richmond removes statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Work crews on Tuesday took down a monument to Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, the third major statue to be cleared away in less than a week as the Confederacy’s former capital rushes to remove symbols of oppression in response to protests against police brutality and racism. One person sang, “Na na na na, na na na na, …

Robert E. Lee statue becomes epicenter of protest movement
4 years, 8 months ago

Robert E. Lee statue becomes epicenter of protest movement

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Just a little over a month ago, the area around Richmond’s iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was as quiet and sedate as the statue itself. The statue is located on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, a boulevard of stately homes that also features several other Confederate monuments targeted for removal. “You can’t be human and not …

Stonewall Jackson removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue
4 years, 8 months ago

Stonewall Jackson removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Work crews wielding a giant crane, harnesses and power tools wrested an imposing statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from its concrete pedestal along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday, just hours after the mayor ordered the removal of all Confederate statues from city land. Confederate statues were erected decades after the Civil War, during the Jim …

Confederate statues removed in Richmond, Virgina
4 years, 8 months ago

Confederate statues removed in Richmond, Virgina

Al Jazeera  

Richmond, Virginia Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues on city land, saying he was using his emergency powers to speed up the healing process for the former capital of the Confederacy amid weeks of protests against police brutality and racial injustice. ‘Emergency powers’ Stoney said he was also moving quickly because protesters have …

While Confederate statues come down, other symbols targeted
4 years, 9 months ago

While Confederate statues come down, other symbols targeted

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Spectators in North Carolina’s capital cheered Sunday morning as work crews finished the job started by protesters Friday night and removed a Confederate statue from the top of a 75-foot monument. The bronze statue that has stood at the museum’s Central Park West entrance since 1940 depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and an …

NC governor orders removal of Confederate statues in Raleigh
4 years, 9 months ago

NC governor orders removal of Confederate statues in Raleigh

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Crews on Saturday removed two Confederate statues outside the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh on order of the governor, the morning after protesters toppled two nearby statues. “If the legislature had repealed their 2015 law that puts up legal roadblocks to removal we could have avoided the dangerous incidents of last night,” Cooper said. Pamela Walker, …

For now, Virginia still can’t remove massive Lee statue
4 years, 9 months ago

For now, Virginia still can’t remove massive Lee statue

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Thursday extended a court order preventing Virginia’s governor from removing a historic statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from a famed avenue in the former capital of the Confederacy. “This grandiose monument to a leader of a four-year armed insurrection against the United States of America in order to perpetuate a brutal and immoral …

Four ways to help settle Australia’s colonial statue debate
4 years, 9 months ago

Four ways to help settle Australia’s colonial statue debate

ABC  

They’ve towered over parks and plazas around the country for decades, commissioned in a bygone era to immortalise European settlers and celebrate colonial legacies. In Virginia earlier this month, Governor Ralph Northam announced plans to take down a statue of Lee, but a judge has since granted an injunction while the "public interest" merits are assessed. Replace the statues In …

Where have statues of Confederates, and other historical figures, been removed?
4 years, 9 months ago

Where have statues of Confederates, and other historical figures, been removed?

LA Times  

An image of George Floyd is projected on the base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va. States and municipalities across the nation are removing Confederate statues and those of other historical figures such as Christopher Columbus amid protests over systemic racism, police violence and the killing of George Floyd. — Associated Press Arkansas The …

Statues became political lightning rods around the world
4 years, 9 months ago

Statues became political lightning rods around the world

CNN  

CNN — Statues are products of one era built to endure into others. ” But the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has resisted the removal of the Columbus statue in Manhattan, saying he understood “the feelings about Christopher Columbus and some of his acts which nobody would support, but the statue has come to represent and signify appreciation for …

In Richmond, Va., Protesters Transform A Confederate Statue
4 years, 9 months ago

In Richmond, Va., Protesters Transform A Confederate Statue

NPR  

In Richmond, Va., Protesters Transform A Confederate Statue Enlarge this image toggle caption Julia Rendleman/Reuters Julia Rendleman/Reuters Confederate monuments in the former capital of the Confederacy are being transformed into a new kind of icon as activists alter and pose for photos at the statues, one of which is at the center of a legal fight over its planned removal. …

Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital
4 years, 9 months ago

Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of Old South monuments removed or damaged around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Everybody would be appalled.” He added: “I don’t know why it’s acceptable, why people who are descended …

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