A Roanoke County judge last week ordered the Confederate statue near the Roanoke County Courthouse moved â or the courthouse moved. This is a remarkable order on many levels beyond simply our ongoing reappraisal of what the Confederacy was all about and whether those associated with it should be honored. Hereâs the most remarkable thing of all: This appears to be the first time in Virginia that a judge has ordered a statue outside the courthouse removed. You could fairly call this unprecedented. There are multiple instances of judges ordering portraits of Confederate figures hanging inside a courthouse taken down.