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Monument Avenue is home to the Arthur Ashe Monument, a memorial to Richmond native Arthur Ashe. Sculpted by Paul DiPasquale , it was unveiled on July 10, 1996. The Avenue previously included several statues dedicated to Confederate military and political figures, including:
Sep 8, 2021 · After more than a year of legal battles, the colossal statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee came down today. It had loomed over Richmond's Monument Avenue for more than 130 years.
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Jul 27, 2020 · The statue gradually became the center of a fashionable all-white neighborhood along Richmond's tree-lined Monument Avenue. Photograph courtesy Cook Collection, The Valentine. HISTORY &...
Jun 25, 2015 · Richmond’s Monument Avenue, published in 2001 by the Historic Monument Avenue and Fan District Association, describes the debate around the Robert E. Lee Monument on Allen Avenue and Broad Street. The body of the statue arrived in four crates from Europe, the authors write, and a reported 10,000 to 20,000 people took turns dragging the wagons ...
The graffiti-covered Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Friday, June 5, 2020, a day after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam authorized the removal of the...
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Jul 23, 2020 · Monument Avenue is a large, tree-lined street in Richmond, Virginia that used to have several confederate statues and monuments. In the wake of protests against racism and police...
In the public life of Richmond, “Monument Avenue” became more than a collection of Confederate statues. The monuments, combined with the architecturally important residences that surrounded...
