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In Charlottesville and Richmond, the fate of historical statuary hangs in the balance.

The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday rejected without comment a rehearing bid from the plaintiffs who opposed the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond.

The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday rejected without comment a rehearing bid from the plaintiffs who opposed the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- An enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was cut into pieces and hauled away from Richmond's Monument Avenue three weeks

Petition Submitted to Virginia Supreme Court over Lee Statue Removal

Horns honking, flag waving in Richmond at Lee Circle after Chauvins guilty verdicts RICHMOND —The Virginia Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in two cases aimed at barring the removal of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee monument, the last Confederate memorial remaining on Monument Avenue in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Last June, Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the monument moved from state property at North Allen and Monument avenues. The General Assembly appropriated money to do...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — People who want Confederate monuments to be returned to Richmond...

The Virginia Supreme Court is being asked to reverse a lower court judge who rejected a request to put back the monuments removed from city property last summer.

The Confederate memorials were removed from city property last summer.