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By Press Association 2021 A statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee being removed from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington A statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee that has represented Virginia in the US Capitol for 111 years has been removed. Virginia governor Ralph Northam said in a statement that workers removed the statue from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington early on Monday morning. Mr Northam had requested the removal and a state commission decided that Lee was not a fitting symbol for the ...

By Press Association 2021 A statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee being removed from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington A statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee that has represented Virginia in the US Capitol for 111 years has been removed. Virginia governor Ralph Northam said in a statement that workers removed the statue from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington early on Monday morning. Mr Northam had requested the removal and a state commission decided that Lee was not a fitting symbol for the ...

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 removal and a state commission decided that Lee was not a fitting symbol for the state. Lee's statue had stood with George Washington's statue since 1909 as Virginia’s representatives in the Capitol. Every state gets two statues. The state commission has recommended replacing Lee'...

Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Removed From US Capitol Building Virginia’s governor announced Monday that his state chose to remove the Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol building, adding that the statue of Lee will be replaced by a statue of civil rights leader Barbara Jones. Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, expressed his support for the removal of the Lee statue, writing on Twitter, “Last night, Virginia removed its statue of Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol. This is an important step forward—it is past time we tell our story with images of persev...

A state panel has recommended that a statue of civil rights hero Barbara Johns should represent Virginia at the U.S. Capitol.