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It was the last Confederate statue to be removed from a courthouse. [264] Ellicott City, Howard County: Howard County Courthouse Confederate Monument. Dedicated in 1948. Removed on August 22, 2017. [265] Lothian: A statue of Confederate soldier Benjamin Welch Owens was vandalized in June 2020 and toppled in July 2020. [266]
The J. E. B. Stuart Monument is a deconstructed monument to Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart at the head of historic Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, which was dedicated in 1907. The equestrian statue of General Stuart was removed from its pedestal and placed into storage on July 7, 2020 after having stood there for 113 years.
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 ...
(Reuters) - Two weeks after Richmond, Virginia, removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had prompted protests over racial injustice, the city unveiled a new monument on ...
The Confederate statue was removed as part of a provision in the recent defense spending bill, which will also allow for military bases to be renamed. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue removed ...
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
The three-judge panel unanimously upheld a trial court judge's decision to side with Alamance County and its commissioners over the 30 foot (9.1 meter)-tall statue, which features a Confederate ...
Robert E. Lee, a statue given to the National Statuary Hall by Virginia in 1909 (removed in favor of Barbara Rose Johns in 2020) [1]. The following is a partial list of monuments and memorials to Robert E. Lee, who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865.