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     RFK Jr. says he had ‘visceral reaction against’ removal of Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville

     Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had a “visceral reaction against” the removal of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once the focal point of ...

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2. www.cnn.com › 2021/09/08 › politicsRobert E. Lee statue on historic Virginia street removed - CNN

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   Sep 8, 2021 · CNN — Virginia on Wednesday took down a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the last Confederate statue remaining along Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue.

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   How tall is the Robert E Lee Memorial?

   • In a previous version of this story, we said that the Robert E. Lee memorial was 40 feet tall. It was, in fact, 61 feet tall. More than a year after Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it was lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, Va., to be placed into storage.

   Richmond, Va.'s Robert E. Lee Confederate Memorial Comes Down - NPR

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   What happened to Robert E Lee's Monument?

   • Molten bronze produced by melting Charlottesville's monument of Robert E. Lee is poured from a hot crucible into ingot molds. That decision sparked an uproar among neo-Confederate, White nationalist and neo-Nazi sympathizers who violently clashed with counter-protesters during the “Unite the Right” protest in Charlottesville that August.

   Statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, melted down to

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   Will the Lee statue be reimagined?

   • The 40-foot granite pedestal the Lee statue sits on will remain in place during a community-driven effort to “reimagine” Monument Avenue, according to officials. A time capsule at the monument is also set to be replaced with a new capsule made by Richmond sculptor Paul DiPasquale that will include 39 artifacts.

   Robert E. Lee statue on historic Virginia street removed

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4. www.npr.org › 2023/04/24 › 1171498241Descendants of Robert E. Lee and those he enslaved reconcile ...

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   Apr 24, 2023 · ARLINGTON, Va. — There was a one-of-a-kind reunion over the weekend at Arlington House, the national memorial to Robert E. Lee that sits atop a hill in Arlington National Cemetery....

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5. www.npr.org › 2021/09/08 › 1035004639Virginia's Massive Robert E. Lee Statue Has Been Removed - NPR

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   Sep 8, 2021 · Crixell Matthews/VPM. On Wednesday, the state of Virginia removed the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee more than 130 years after it was installed in Richmond. Despite its...

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7. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-58491967Robert E Lee statue: Virginia removes contentious memorial as ...

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   Sep 8, 2021 · 8 September 2021. Symbolic confederate statue comes down in Virginia. An imposing statue of an American Confederate general in Richmond, Virginia, has been taken down. Governor Ralph Northam...

8. www.npr.org › 2021/12/30 › 1069081021Lee statue will move to Richmond's Black History Museum : NPR

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   Dec 30, 2021 · The massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., taken down in September, will be moved to the city's Black History Museum, Gov. Ralph Northam and Mayor Levar Stoney...

9. www.cbc.ca › news › worldMassive statue of Robert E. Lee removed, after towering over ...

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   Sep 8, 2021 · One of the largest Confederate monuments in the U.S. came down Wednesday as workers removed a figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Virginia's capital city for more than a century...