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In 2020, a statue of Confederate Navy Admiral Raphael Semmes removed from downtown on orders of Mayor Sandy Stimpson. The $25,000 fine was paid by July 10. Montgomery. The statue of Robert E. Lee in front of the Robert E. Lee High School was removed on June 1, 2020. Four people were charged with felony criminal mischief. [115]
Jun 5, 2020: Jun 12, 2020: Removed by school Statue of Confederate soldier Sam Davis removed from the campus of Montgomery Bell Academy. [42] [43] John B. Castleman Monument: Louisville: Kentucky Jun 8, 2020: Jun 8, 2020: Removed by city Statue of John Breckinridge Castleman removed to be placed at his burial site at Cave Hill Cemetery. [44]
In addition to these pieces, three additional sculptures of Confederate figures have been removed since the turn of the 21st century. Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (Alabama, 1908) was removed and replaced by a statue of Helen Keller in 2009. [67] Robert E. Lee (Virginia, 1909) was removed in 2020. [68]
After the death of George Floyd in late May, more than 130 Confederate statues and tributes to divisive historical figures have come down in a flurry of protests, acts of vandalism and government ...
Virginia's governor has decided to remove a huge statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, after city authorities said they'll remove other Confederate monuments from Monument Avenue.
A pair of statues honoring the Confederacy in Jacksonville’s Springfield Park were taken down Wednesday under the orders of the city’s mayor. “This is not in any way an attempt to erase ...
On June 3, 2020, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced he would introduce an ordinance on July 1 to have the J. E. B. Stuart Monument removed in additional to three other Confederate monuments, all located on city land. [7] The Stuart equestrian statue was removed from its pedestal on July 7, 2020. [8]
A Confederate statue that had been in a Florida park for more than a century was removed on Tuesday ahead of a protest demanding racial equality. A Confederate statue that had been in a Florida ...