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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 Confederate statues were removed and Mayor Levar...
Apr 27, 2022 · Former Governor Ralph Northam announced in 2020 the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts would be in charge of "reimagining Monument Avenue" following the removal of Richmond's Confederate statues.
May 9, 2024 · The Robert E. Lee statue, was once the largest Confederate statue in the United States, was removed from Monument Avenue in 2021. Mayor Stoney ordered the emergency removal of the street’s other Confederate monuments amid protests against racial injustice in 2020.
Sep 8, 2021 · Whittney Evans and Patrick Larsen reported this story. 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.
Apr 20, 2021 · Several Groups File Briefs to Support Lee Statue Removal. By Whittney Evans. Published April 20, 2021 at 4:26 PM EDT. Listen. Fencing was put up around the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue in January in preparation for its planned removal. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News)
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Jul 1, 2020 · Work crews wielding a giant crane, harnesses and power tools wrested an imposing statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from its concrete pedestal along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday, just hours after the mayor ordered the removal of all Confederate statues from city land. Mayor Levar Stoney's decree came weeks after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the removal of the ...
Sep 26, 2021 · The removal of Gen Robert E Lee’s statue – a target for Black Lives Matter protesters – from Monument Avenue has sparked a debate on public art in Virginia
