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A 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee took center stage Tuesday as the Supreme Court of Virginia heard arguments on whether the state has the right to take down the once-celebrated monument that is now widely seen as a symbol of white supremacy and Black oppression. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee took center stage Tuesday as the Supreme Court of Virginia heard arguments on whether the state has the right to take down the once-cel...

June 9, 2021 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee took center stage Tuesday as the Supreme Court of Virginia heard arguments on whether the state has the right to take down the once-celebrated monument that is now widely seen as a symbol of white supremacy and Black oppression. The court heard arguments in two lawsuits that challenge Gov. Ralph Northam’s plan to remove the enormous bronze equestrian statue of Lee from a traffic circle on Richmond’s ...

Virginia court to hear challenges to removal of Lee statue DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer June 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - FILE - In this Friday, July 10, 2020, file photo is the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va. The Supreme Court of Virginia is set to hear arguments Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in legal challenges to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northams plan to take down the 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. R...

Among the central issues to be decided by the court: Is the Commonwealth of Virginia bound by a decision made by state officials more than 130 years ago? Or can the state undo that decision because the publics attitude toward Confederate symbols has changed drastically since then?

Governor’s plan to take down a 131-year-old statue of Gen Robert E Lee came after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer

/ Mark Savage climbed in and put the pedal to the metal at the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience during a recent visit to the Milwaukee Mile racetrack. The guttural roar of a stock car engine and the resulting vibration transmitted through the seat of my racing jumpsuit as I approach turn one at the Milwaukee Mile nearly makes me feel as if I’ll pass out. I feel woozy in a way I’m unfamiliar with. It’s not fear, it’s not noxious fumes. I don’t feel sick, it’s just the rumble that sha...

The McGrath homestead in Northfield, Vermont. Submitted by Martha Lang, Burlington, VT My family never celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at our house. When I got older and realized how Irish I was, I asked my mother why. She said she did not approve of all the drinking and she wanted her children to identify with their English background. Also, my father’s Protestant relatives from Boston were very prejudiced against Irish Catholics; they had a false sense of superiori...

Several Groups File Briefs to Support Lee Statue Removal Fencing was put up around the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmonds Monument Avenue in January in preparation for its planned removal. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) Richmond residents who are for and against the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue are gearing up for oral arguments at the Virginia Supreme Court as soon as this summer. Attorney General Mark Herring filed a brief Monday asking the court to dissolve a rest...

FRANK GREEN Richmond Times-Dispatch Thursday’s ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court in a Charlottesville Confederate statues case does not bode well for an attempt to restore monuments removed in Richmond last year, says a lawyer representing Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney. A lawyer representing the plaintiffs who want to have the monuments that were removed by the city of Richmond put back disagrees. The justices held Thursday that a 1997 amendment to state law preventing localit...

A fence enclosing the circle around the Lee Monument in Richmond was installed Monday as part of the Virginia Department of General Services plan to remove the statue. The department