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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After 131 years in Richmond, the statue to Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been removed from Monument Avenue. Crews worked to separate the enormous monument ...
RICHMOND, Va. – The statue of Robert E. Lee has towered over Richmond for more than 100 years. In recent days, though, it's been conveying a different message - words like "Black lives matter ...
Robert E. Lee and other Confederate memorials in Richmond, Va. - now covered in graffiti including anti-racist slogans and messages. Sponsor Message Gregory Carden, 38, a Richmond hip hop artist ...
In the final moments, there were cheers. On Wednesday morning in Richmond, Va., as a crane dislodged the 12-ton statue of Robert E. Lee, Confederate general and icon of a much mythologized chapter ...
Crews work to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Sept. 8, 2021, in Richmond, Va.
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Governor Ralph Northam made a historic announcement today — the Gen. Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond will be removed. This comes after six ...
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 ...
RICHMOND — Workers have removed Virginia’s biggest statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from its towering stone ... to a cemetery in Culpeper, Va., at the request of Hill’s descendants.
RICHMOND, Va. — After more than a century looking over Virginia's state capital of Richmond, the Robert E. Lee confederate monument has officially been removed. The 12-ton statue of Robert E.
Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia ... Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., praised the statue's removal, saying, "This was a long time coming, part of the healing process so Virginia can move forward ...
People in Richmond clapped and cheered on Wednesday as a huge bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed from its place of honor on Monument Avenue. “Hey, hey, hey, goodbye!” ...
A second time capsule was found where the Robert E. Lee statue once stood in Richmond, Virginia, a Virginia Department of Historic Resources spokesperson said Monday. A copper box was found ...