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Here’s what might replace America’s disappearing Confederate monuments Phillip Morris © Photograph by Kris Graves, National Geographic A portrait of George Floyd was projected onto the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in June. With several Confederate statues removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, the governor is now asking the state to fund the creation of a more inclusive public space. Two equestrian statues were thrust back into news headlines this past weekend following Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s announcement that he plans to repurpos...

Here’s what might replace America’s disappearing Confederate monuments Phillip Morris © Photograph by Kris Graves, National Geographic A portrait of George Floyd was projected onto the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in June. With several Confederate statues removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, the governor is now asking the state to fund the creation of a more inclusive public space. Two equestrian statues were thrust back into news headlines this past weekend following Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s announcement that he plans to repurpos...

Denise Lavoie And Sarah Rankin December 11, 2020 - 3:35 PM RICHMOND, Va. - Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday announced a proposal to spend $25 million to transform historical sites in Virginia, including the Richmond spot where a soaring statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee became a recent focal point of protests against racism. Nearly $11 million of the money would be used to reconstruct Richmond's Monument Avenue, a historical boulevard that was lined with the Lee statue and other Confederate monuments for more than a century. Most of the statues were t...

Gov. Northam to invest $25 Million in historic justice initiatives and last updated 2020-12-11 18:22:10-05 RICHMOND, Va. - Governor Ralph Northam announced Friday that his proposed budget includes over $25 million for historic justice initiatives. He will allocate $11 million in funding to transform Monument Avenue, the historic section of Richmond that was built around Confederate statues as a permanent memorial to the Lost Cause. The Robert E. Lee statue is expected to be the eighth confederate figure to be removed in the new year. This investment will also enable the Virginia Museum of Fi...

Budget includes funding to transform Monument Avenue, invest in Shockoe Bottom Published Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, 1:52 pm Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » Politics2 » Budget includes funding to transform Monument Avenue, invest in Shockoe Bottom (© Daryl – stock.adobe.com) Gov. Ralph Northam today said his proposed state budget will include nearly $25 million to transform historical sites and advance hist...