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BY ANDREW CAIN Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia removed its statue of Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol overnight, the latest move in the state's purge of Confederate iconography in a year of reckoning on racial injustice. Each state gets two statues in the Statuary Hall collection. Since 1909 Virginia's statues have depicted George Washington and Lee. A state panel last week recommended to the General Assembly that Virginia replace its Lee statue with a statue of teenage civil rights heroine Barbara Johns. "We should all be proud of this important step forward for our Commonwea...

Virginia’s Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who requested the removal, said workers removed the statue from the National Statuary Hall Collection early Monday morning. associated press Share Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington on Monday. The statue has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years and was removed after a state commission decided that Lee was not a fitting symbol for the state. Jack Mayer/Office of Governor of Virginia, File WASHINGTON — A s...

Virginia's Lee Statue Has Been Removed From the U.S. Capitol 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) December 21, 2020 By Associated Press A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has represented Virg...

Virginia’s Robert E. Lee statue has been removed from the US Capitol Updated December 21, 2020, 12:44 p.m. Email to a Friend Workers removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington.Jack Mayer/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has been removed. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement that workers removed the statue from the National Statuary Hall Collection early Monday morning. Northam had requested the remova...