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1. www.vpm.org › news › 2021/09/08Final Confederate Statue Removed from Monument Avenue

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   Sep 8, 2021 · Today, hundreds of people cheered as crews removed the last Confederate statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue from its pedestal. Removal began at 8 a.m. and finished within the hour. After, the monument was split into two parts and transferred to a secure storage location.

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3. fairfieldfoundation.org › witness-to-change-theWitness to Change: The Rise and Fall of Monument Avenue’s ...

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   Jul 28, 2020 · The 61-foot tall monument was unveiled two years later, in front of a crowd of 150,000 people, and Monument Avenue was born. Statues of J.E.B. Stuart and Jefferson Davis were added in 1907, then Stonewall Jackson in 1919 and Matthew Fontaine Maury in 1929. The road was paved, trees were planted, and elaborate homes, churches, and apartment ...

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4. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsThese Confederate statues were removed. But where did they go?

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   Sep 21, 2020 · The Stonewall Jackson statue is loaded onto a truck after being removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on July 1.Ryan M. Kelly / AFP - Getty Images. After the death of George Floyd in late ...

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   What happened to the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue?

   • Like dominoes, the Confederate statues along Richmond, Virginia’s historic Monument Avenue are coming down one by one. The first to topple was the likeness of Jefferson Davis. The president of the Confederate States of America had loomed over the street since 1907; on June 10, a tow truck carted it away.

   Toppling statues is a first step toward ending Confederate myths

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   Why did Richmond put a statue on Monument Avenue?

   • Ashe, a Richmond native, was an African-American tennis champion, Civil Rights activist, and fervent advocate for education. The city erected the statue three years after his death in an attempt to begin diversifying the history represented on Monument Avenue. The decision was heavily protested by pro-Confederate groups.

   Witness to Change: The Rise and Fall of Monument Avenue’s Confederate

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   Which Confederate figures were memorialized at Richmond's Monument Avenue?

   • Richmond’s Monument Avenue memorialized several prominent Confederate figures, including Confederate Army General J.E.B. Stuart. Most of the statues were erected between 1890 and 1930 during the rise of Jim Crow laws intended to enforce racial segregation.

   Toppling statues is a first step toward ending Confederate myths

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   Why are there empty pedestals & graffiti at Monument Avenue 10K?

   • The empty pedestals and graffiti reflect a new moment in history, one that is just as important to document and remember as the last. As runners and spectators gather for the next Monument Avenue 10k the scenery will be different. The shadows cast by the monuments will have changed, as will the conversations they inspire.

   Witness to Change: The Rise and Fall of Monument Avenue’s Confederate

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6. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleToppling statues is a first step toward ending Confederate myths

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   Jul 2, 2020 · This statue of Matthew Fontaine Maury, a Confederate naval commander, was removed from Richmond’s Monument Avenue on July 2. It is the second statue taken down by city workers. Coming at...

7. www.wtvr.com › news › local-newsRichmond has no plan to reimagine Monument Avenue, years ...

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   Apr 17, 2024 · By: Tyler Layne. Posted at 5:30 PM, Apr 17, 2024. and last updated 2:30 PM, Apr 17, 2024. RICHMOND, Va. -- The future of Monument Avenue in Richmond remains unclear four years after multiple...

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     Virginia removes 12-ton Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond's Monument Avenue

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9. www.npr.org › 2020/07/23 › 894689448Richmond, VA's Monument Avenue Has Been Reclaimed By The ...

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   Jul 23, 2020 · In the wake of protests against racism and police brutality, the city has removed most of them. But a monument of Robert E. Lee still stands — for now. Even before the statues started coming...

10. commonwealthtimes.org › 2021/10/06 › lost-cause‘Lost Cause’: Monument Avenue residents call for rehearing of ...

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    Oct 6, 2021 · The Robert E. Lee monument was removed on Sept. 8 by the Virginia Department of General Services after more than a year of legal entanglements. The public was able to view the removal. On Sept. 29, Monument Avenue residents filed a petition to rehear the case. Photos by Jon Mirador. Katharine DeRosa, News Editor.