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SPLC: At Least 160 Confederate Symbols Taken Down in 2020
At least 160 Confederate symbols were taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020.
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Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Remove Statue of Segregationist at State Capitol
A panel of Virginia lawmakers have advanced a bill to remove a statue of a segregationist from the state Capitol grounds.
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Virginia's Lee Statue Has Been Removed From the US Capitol
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Statue of Virginia Teenager to Replace Robert E. Lee in Statuary Hall
Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports the statue of a 16-year-old girl who led a walkout in 1951 to protest students’ substandard segregated school facilities will replace Robert E. Lee in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
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Virginia Panel Wants Barbara Johns Statue to Replace Lee in US Capitol
A state panel has recommended that a statue of civil rights hero Barbara Johns should represent Virginia at the U.S. Capitol
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Virginia Panel to Decide on Replacement for Lee Statue at US Capitol
A state panel in Virginia will soon make a decision about the replacement for Virginia’s Robert E
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Panel to Hear Ideas for Replacing Virginia's Lee Statue in US Capitol
A state panel is soliciting recommendations on what should replace Virginia’s Robert E
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Black Contractor Braves Threats in Removing Richmond Statues
Change came to Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue this summer at whiplash speed when the city’s mayor invoked emergency powers and ordered the removal of Confederate statues that had towered over the city for around a century.
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Poll: Virginians About Evenly Divided on Confederate Statues
A new poll shows Virginians about evenly divided on whether Confederate statues throughout the state should be removed
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Confederate Statue Removed Near Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally Site
Crews have removed a statue of an unnamed Confederate soldier that stood outside a courthouse in Charlottesville, Virginia, near the site of a white nationalist rally in 2017. The statue is set to be relocated to a historic battlefield. Forgoing an in-person ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic, Albemarle County livestreamed the removal on Facebook Saturday as workers used saws…
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Virginia County to Move Confederate Statue to Battlefield
Officials in a Virginia county say its Confederate soldier statue, cannons and cannonballs are being relocated to a battlefield in the Shenandoah Valley after they are removed on Saturday
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Police Chief on Leave After Charging Virginia Lawmaker Over Damaged Confederate Statues
The Portsmouth, Virginia, police chief is on paid leave after her department charged several people with conspiring to damage a Confederate monument
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Virginia Evicts Confederate Monuments From Its State Capitol
Virginia has removed from its iconic state capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials
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Confederate Memorial Removed From Outside Loudoun County Courthouse
A Confederate statue that stood outside the Loudoun County courthouse was removed overnight Tuesday. Photos show orange cones in the place of the statue in Leesburg, Virginia. The county board of supervisors voted earlier this month to remove the statue, which the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected in 1908. The Loudoun County chapter of the group hired a...
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Plan: Richmond's Lee Statue Would Be Cut Apart, Reassembled
The state of Virginia plans to remove the large statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Loudoun County Board Votes to Remove Confederate Statue
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday night to remove a Confederate statue that has stood outside the Leesburg Courthouse for 112 years. The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected this statue in 1908. The board approved having it taken down no later than Sept. 7. People from around the county showed up for the virtual board meeting and…
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Richmond Removes Statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
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. As a crowd cheered, crews strapped the huge bronze equestrian statue in harnesses...
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Richmond Mayor Orders Removal of Confederate Statues
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the removal of all Confederate statues on city land. “We have an urgent need to protect the public,” Stoney said in a statement.
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Fencing Put Up Around Lafayette Square, Emancipation Memorial in DC
As demonstrators bring down statues and attempt to topple others, police in D.C. have put up fencing in multiple spots to prevent them from doing so. News4’s Shomari Stone reports from downtown D.C.
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Trump Asks for Toppled DC Confederate Statue To Be Put Back Up
President Donald Trump personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up, less than a week after cheering protesters toppled it and set it on fire in a Washington, D.C., park, NBC News reports. Trump called Interior Sec. David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore a statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike, two...