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Removed from U S Capitol, Lee statue will become museum exhibit of changing attitudes on race

Removed from U.S. Capitol, Lee statue will be put in context at Va. museum Laura Vozzella © Timothy C. Wright for The Washington Post Dale Kostelny of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture pauses during the uncovering of a bronze statute of Robert E. Lee Tuesday morning in Richmond. RICHMOND The old general is flat on his back now, in the museum equivalent of the Island of Misfit Toys. Robert E. Lee’s 700-pound likeness left the grandeur of the U.S. Capitol and landed here Tuesday morning, as workers rolled the statue off a truck and left it supine, on a wooden pallet, in storage space at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

Removed from U S Capitol, Lee statue will be put in context at Va museum

Removed from U.S. Capitol, Lee statue will be put in context at Va. museum Laura Vozzella © Timothy C. Wright for The Washington Post Dale Kostelny of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture pauses during the uncovering of a bronze statute of Robert E. Lee Tuesday morning in Richmond. RICHMOND The old general is flat on his back now, in the museum equivalent of the Island of Misfit Toys. Robert E. Lee’s 700-pound likeness left the grandeur of the U.S. Capitol and landed here Tuesday morning, as workers rolled the statue off a truck and left it supine, on a wooden pallet, in storage space at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

The Day - Gen Robert E Lee statue removed from U S Capitol in the middle of the night

Gen. Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol in the middle of the night This Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, photo provided by the Office of the Governor of Virginia shows workers removing a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington. The statue that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has been removed after a state commission decided that Lee was not a fitting symbol for the state. (Jack Mayer/Office of Governor of Virginia, File) 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. The statue that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has been removed after a state commission decided that Lee was not a fitting symbol for the state. (Jack Mayer/Office of Governor of Virginia, File)

VA says it has no plans to rename hospital that honors Confederate

VA says it has no plans to rename hospital that honors Confederate
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