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As the Fate of Many Confederate Memorials Remains Undecided, Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue Heads to a Virginia Museum
The controversial sculpture will likely go on view in a larger exhibition about the evolution of Confederate memorialization.
December 23, 2020
The statue of Robert E. Lee at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond. Courtesy of the VMHC.
Earlier this week, a life-sized bronze statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was unceremoniously removed from the U.S. capitol more than a century after it was installed. But just as quickly as the question over the controversial sculpture’s fate was resolved, another one popped up: Where does it go now?
Removed from the U.S. Capitol, Gen. Lee arrives in Richmond
By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 11:55 AM, Dec 23, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-23 11:55:24-05
RICHMOND, Va. The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that stood at the U.S. Capitol for more than 100 years arrived Tuesday at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond. Earlier this year, Virginiaâs Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol voted unanimously to remove and replace the statue. The Commission also voted unanimously that the statue should be added to the artifact collection of the VMHC where is can be preserved as a reminder of the history of its creation and placement in the Capitol in 1909 and also for its removal in 2020, the museum posted on social medial. Now that it has arrived, the Lee statue will be placed in secure collections storage during the VMHCâs ongoing extensive renovation.
Bryan Pietsch, The New York Times
Published: 22 Dec 2020 04:41 PM BdST
Updated: 22 Dec 2020 04:41 PM BdST The statue of Robert E Lee, altered by artists and protesters, at Lee Circle in Richmond, Va, June 20, 2020. Virginia’s statue of the Confederate general Robert E Lee was removed from its post in the US Capitol on Monday, Dec 21, closing a year that saw Confederate statues toppled as the nation reckoned with racism in its history and institutions. Carlos Bernate/The New York Times
Virginia’s statue of the Confederate general Robert E Lee was removed from its post in the US Capitol on Monday morning, closing a year that saw Confederate statues toppled as the nation reckoned with racism in its history and institutions.
Robert E. Lee statue is removed from US Capitol
By Bryan Pietsch New York Times,Updated December 22, 2020, 1:39 a.m.
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This Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 photo provided by the Office of the Governor of Virginia shows a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee being removed from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington.Jack Mayer/Associated Press
Virginiaâs statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee was removed from its post in the U.S. Capitol on Monday morning, closing a year that saw Confederate statues toppled as the nation reckoned with racism in its history and institutions.