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Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue


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Local workers removed a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on Saturday, nearly four years after its planned removal triggered a deadly riot in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shortly after 8 am, a crowd of spectators gathered to witness cranes hoist the monument off its granite base. “Taking down this statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Va., and America, grapple with the sin of being willing to destroy Black people for economic gain,” said Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker to the crowd of spectators, according to the
A few hours later, a nearby statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was also taken down, followed closely by the removal of another statue of the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Shoshone indian Sacagawea. In an emergency session held earlier in the day, Charlottesville’s City Council voted to remove the statue which many said depicted Sacagawea in a subservient manner. ....

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Confederate Robert E Lee's racist legacy fuels US renaming push


Confederate Robert E Lee’s racist legacy fuels US renaming push
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© A sign reading Hate Has No Home Here hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E.
A sign reading Hate Has No Home Here hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E Lee before the first anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia protests [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters]
As the United States continues to grapple over race relations and symbols that venerate Confederates who fought to perpetuate slavery in the 1860s, communities across the country are considering new approaches to memorialising one of the rebellion’s most famous leaders: General Robert E Lee. ....

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As the United States continues to grapple over race relations and symbols that venerate Confederates who fought to perpetuate slavery in the 1860s, communities across the country are considering new approaches to memorialising one of the rebellion’s most famous leaders: General Robert E Lee.
To this day, scores of buildings, roads, monuments and institutions bear Lee’s name. Thousands of children are educated at schools named after Lee; “Robert E Lee Day” is still celebrated every January in a handful of states, and the late general’s likeness appears on monuments and memorials in dozens of cities.
Lee, a decorated military officer from Virginia who fought for the US before the Civil War and married into the family of George Washington, was responsible for some of the Confederacy’s most consequential victories in its fight to protect slavery. ....

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