Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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Other tragedies in recent years have prompted similar nationwide soul searching over Confederate monuments, which some people regard as inappropriate tributes to the South’s slave-holding past. Others compare monument removals to erasing history.Confederate memorials began coming down after a white supremacist killed nine black people at a Bible study in a church in South Carolina in 2015 and then again after a violent rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville in 2017.
Stoney said he would introduce an ordinance July 1 to have the statues removed. That’s when a new law goes into effect, which was signed earlier this year by Northam, that undoes an existing state law protecting Confederate monuments and instead lets local governments decide their fate.“I appreciate the recommendations of the Monument Avenue Commission — those were the appropriate recommendations at the time.
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Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statueRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond's prominent Monument...
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Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statueVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond&39;s prominent Monument Avenue, a senior administration official told The Associated Press. The move comes amid turmoil across the nation and around
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A controversial Confederate statue with its back to the north was removed in historic Old Town AlexandriaCrews in historic Old Town Alexandria have removed a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier named 'Appomattox.' It is one of many controversial Confederate monuments nationwide that has faced repeated demands for removal.
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