City of Richmond removes AP Hill statue - last city-owned Confederate statue standing in the state
The last city-owned Confederate statue in Virginia was removed from the center of a busy intersection on Monday morning.
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The last city-owned Confederate statue in Virginia was removed from the center of a busy intersection on Monday morning.
A church in Boise, Idaho replaced a stained glass window featuring former Confederate leader Robert E Lee in place of Leontine Kelly, the country's first female black Methodist bishop
Preliminary work at the site in Richmond will got underway yesterday (pictured) and the plinth is expected to be completely removed by December 31, Governor Ralph Northam said in a statement.
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (inset) will take possession of a contentious Robert E. Lee statue (pictured) after city council awarded the relic to the museum
The pedestal (left) that once held General Robert E. Lee's statue (inset) will be removed, officials say. Crews will begin removing the plinth months after the statue itself was removed (right) to cheers (pictured)