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2. Monument Avenue Statues near Richmond, VA

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     1211 Byrd Ave, Richmond, VA · (804) 282-0906
     
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     5233 Monument Ave, Richmond, VA · (804) 285-0912
     
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   Does Richmond have a Confederate Monument?

   • A look at Richmond without the Confederate monuments. Monument Avenue looks very different today from how it did just a year ago. Last year at this time, the Robert E. Lee monument still stood on the Richmond thoroughfare, awaiting the Virginia Supreme Court decision that finally would allow it to be removed.

   After the monuments in Richmond: What Richmond's historic Monument

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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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   What is Monument Avenue in Richmond Virginia known for?

   • The street was once a favored residential area for Richmond's upper class. The Fan District section, in particular, is lined with large mansions from the end of the Gilded Age. The Museum District part of Monument Avenue includes a combination of large houses (especially in the 3100 block), apartment buildings, and smaller single-family houses.

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   Why did Richmond become a battleground in the monument debate?

   • Virginia's capital, Richmond, became a battleground in the monument debate after Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, announced in June that the prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee would be taken down, along with four other statues depicting Confederate figures, from a 2-mile stretch of Monument Avenue.

   These Confederate statues were removed. But where did they go? - NB…

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Monument_AvenueMonument Avenue - Wikipedia

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   Nearly a century after the original monuments were put in place, the Richmond community approved a statue of Arthur Ashe by Paul DiPasquale to be placed on Monument Avenue. The statue's placement lacked a correlation between the tennis star and the Confederate leaders already represented on the Avenue.

   • Added to NRHP: February 16, 1970
   • Architectural style: Georgian, Gothic Revival

   • Architect: John Russell Pope
   • VLR No.: 127-0174

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   Jul 28, 2020 · July 28, 2020 By Fairfield Foundation. Witness to Change: The Rise and Fall of Monument Avenue’s Confederate Statues. Disclaimer: Some images contain mature content. Every spring over 20,000 runners gather at the east end of Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia to participate in the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k.

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6. www.theguardian.com › us-news › 2021Richmond’s Confederate statues are gone. What should replace ...

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   Sep 26, 2021 · Sun 26 Sep 2021 05.00 EDT. All but one plinth is now bare on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Where once stood enormous statues glorifying Confederate leaders, on a thoroughfare...

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7. www.npr.org › 2021/09/08 › 1035224885Monument Avenue In Richmond, Va., Looks Different With The ...

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   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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   Sep 21, 2020 · Crews attach straps to the statue Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart on Monument Avenue on July 7, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Steve Helber / AP file. The legislation gives local governments...

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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 · 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...

10. richmond.com › news › localAfter the monuments in Richmond: What Richmond's historic ...

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    The paint-splattered statue of Jefferson Davis on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Friday, June 5, 2020, a day after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam authorized the removal of the...