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Preliminary work at the site in Richmond will got underway yesterday (pictured) and the plinth is expected to be completely removed by December 31, Governor Ralph Northam said in a statement.

The pedestal (left) that once held General Robert E. Lees statue (inset) will be removed, officials say. Crews will begin removing the plinth months after the statue itself was removed (right) to cheers (pictured)

And school names were removed or renamed in 2020 alone. more than 2,000 symbols remain. devon henry is the owner of the construction company that took down the statue. >> we got it done. were here. a lot of people are happy. some people are not. but at the end of the day, guess what? its down. >> reporter: and tomorrow, crews will remove those plaques from the base of the monument, and the statue itself is being held on undisclosed state property, according to the governors office, until an appr...

Probe: No wrongdoing in Richmond statue-removal contract SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8FILE - Crews attach straps to the statue Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart on Monument Avenue Tuesday July 7, 2020, in Richmond, Va. A Virginia special prosecutor has found no wrongdoing in the awarding of a $1.8 million contract for the removal of Richmonds Confederate statues last summer. The prosecutor said in a news release Wednesday, July 28, 2021, that he had rev...

GINNY BIXBY The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress Charlottesville city staff kept the timeline for removing the city’s Confederate statues quiet due to concerns of potential violence and threats to public safety, according to documents obtained by The Daily Progress. City Procurement Manager Vernice Grooms authorized the emergency procurement of services to remove the statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, which were taken down on Ju...

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 ...

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 ...

The Roanoke Times  Striking UAW members were set up outside the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Pulaski County earlier this year. The plant is one of the largest private sector employers in the region, with about 3,300 employees. Unionized workers at the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Dublin rejected a third tentative agreement with the company Friday. About 2,900 of the plants more than 3,000 employees are members of United Auto Workers Local 2069. Theyve been on strike since June 7 ...

Delegate accuses Virginias attorney general of abuse of power over investigation into Confederate statue removal Antonio Olivo, The Washington Post Jan. 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Chris Mathews walks by a statue of Robert E. Lee as he and others walk in solidarity and prayer along Monument Ave. on Monday August 28, 2017, in Richmond, Va.Washington Post photo by Matt McClain In what may become a heated Democratic primary contest for Virginia attorney general, state Del. Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jon...

Virginia State Police To Investigate Mayor Stoney’s Contract Award A statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson being removed from its pedestal on Monument Avenue, where it stood for over 100 years. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) Attorney General Mark Herring has authorized Virginia State Police to investigate Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s handling of a contract to remove the city’s Confederate monuments.  VPM first reported back in July that the city had paid $1.8 million for m...