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Photo: WINA WASHINGTON, DC (WINA) – Governor Northam announces crews overnight Sunday into Monday morning removed the Robert E. Lee statue from the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall that the General Assembly decided earlier this year does not properly represent the Commonwealth of Virginia. A citizens advisory committee the General Assembly enabled last winter met over the summer and decided Lee — which has stood there since 1909 — no longer would stand along with George Washington as Virginia’s picks. The legislature approved that removal. Governor Northam in a morning statement said, “...

Confederate general Robert E Lee statue removed from US capitol James Crump © Provided by The Independent The statue of Lee, a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, was removed from the US Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection, which can hold up to two statues from each state at a time. The monument to the Confederate general, which stood in the collection for 111 years, will be replaced by a statue of civil rights icon Barbara Johns, after the state commission decided on it last week, according to In 1951, at the age of 16, Johns led...

By Christopher Brito Symbolic Justice Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Monday that a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been removed from the U.S. Capitol building after representing the state there for 111 years.  "We should all be proud of this important step forward for our Commonwealth and our country," Northam said in a statement. "The Confederacy is a symbol of Virginia's racist and divisive history, and it is past time we tell our story with images of perseverance, diversity, and inclusion."  Robert E. Lee's statue was removed from the U.S. ...

Photo Courtesy of Jack Mayer, Office of Governor Northam. WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia’s statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee was removed from the United States Capitol overnight. A representative from the governor’s office was present for the removal along with United States Senator Tim Kaine and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton. Each state is entitled to display two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection, and for 111 years, the Confederate statue has stood along with America’s first president George Washington as Virginia’s co...

Confederate general Robert E Lee statue removed from US capitol James Crump © Provided by The Independent The statue of Lee, a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, was removed from the US Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection, which can hold up to two statues from each state at a time. The monument to the Confederate general, which stood in the collection for 111 years, will be replaced by a statue of civil rights icon Barbara Johns, after the state commission decided on it last week, according to In 1951, at the age of 16, Johns led...