Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues, High Court Rules
Monuments to the Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are not protected by state law and can come down, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
A statue of Robert E. Lee is one of two Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Va., that the Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the city can remove.Credit.Eze Amos/Getty Images
April 1, 2021
Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can remove statues of two Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that was at the center of a deadly white nationalist rally in 2017.