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BRYAN MCKENZIE The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress A collection of Mormon memorabilia and materials that spans the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints could make the University of Virginia the leading site for studying the religion outside of Utah, university officials say. UVa recently received a gift of more than 10,000 books and materials from Gregory Prince, a researcher, businessman, author, social critic and historian of the Latter-Day Saints faith, als...

Bob Gibson Ninety-seven years ago, in 1924, when Charlottesville dedicated its Robert E. Lee statue, the Ku Klux Klan threw a giant parade in celebration. This July 10, when the city took down the Lee statue, local residents in attendance cheered its removal. Many Virginians were never taught how strong the white supremacist Klan had been in Charlottesville and across Virginia when Lee was deified and his bronze monument unveiled. Historian Michael Beschloss, commenting last weekend...

Charlottesville takes down Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea statue after Confederate removals By Kelly Hayes Confederate Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville removed | LiveNOW from FOX The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, officially removed its statues of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Saturday. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A statue depicting Sacagawea and explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark was removed on Saturday in Charlottesville, the last of the Vir...

Charlottesville takes down two more statues, deemed offensive to Native Americans, in weekend of removals Teo Armus, Hannah Natanson CHARLOTTESVILLE —It was a big weekend for statue removals in this university town where theyve become a flash point in recent years. Shortly after the city carted away a monument to Confederate general Stonewall Jackson and a statue of Robert E. Lee that triggered a deadly weekend of violence in 2017, workers carried off two more statues tha...

ALLISON WRABEL The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress The statue of George Rogers Clark is removed from its base on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at the University of Virginia. ALLISON WRABEL | (434) 978-7261 The removal of the George Rogers Clark statue at the University of Virginia on Sunday was for some a symbolic first step toward repairing the harm the monument represented over the course of its 100-year history. Workers strapped and adjusted the statue for about two hours ...

By Ginny Bixby The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress CHARLOTTESVILLE — The statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, as well as a one of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea, all were removed within a span of eight hours Saturday — capping a years-long effort by many to rid the city of the monuments. Erected over the course of five years, the three statues, all commissioned by Paul Goodloe McIntire and...

Statues of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson to be removed from Va. parks A statue of Stonewall Jackson is seen uncovered in Justice Park, in Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgras/The Daily Progress via AP) OAN Newsroom The city of Charlottesville finalized plans to remove two statues depicting Civil War confederate leaders. The city announced a statue of Robert E. Lee as well as a nearby one depicting Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson would be removed on Saturday. The stone bases of the statues are ...

Katherine Knott The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress CHARLOTTESVILLE — Charlottesvilles Confederate statues will come down Saturday morning, a historic moment that city officials shrouded in secrecy all week. A company contracted to install temporary fencing began its work Friday morning, hours before the city announced early Friday afternoon that the statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson would come down Saturday. City workers also ...

Shops may come and restaurants may go, but the local vibe on the Corner carries on. The recent closing of the College Inn, a restaurant with a 53-year history on the quaint strip of commercial properties across the street from the University of Virginia, has caused concern on social media among longtime residents and UVa alumni. The loss of the eatery, combined with last summer’s closing of the Corner’s iconic Littlejohn’s Deli, has some worried about a change in atmosphere in th...

After a 30-day waiting period required by Virginia statute, the city will be able to remove the statues of Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.