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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]
Virginia’s statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was removed from the U.S. Capitol early Monday morning.Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced the statue's removal Monday, hailing it as ...
Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that the state can remove an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee The post Gen. Lee statue can be removed, Virginia Supreme Court ...
Virginia has removed from its iconic state capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials.
Activists for racial justice and gay rights held a press conference in front of the statue on Broadway Circle at Horton Plaza Park on October 12, 2020, "in the wake of nationwide demands for the removal of statues of confederate generals and people who owned slaves". The statue was removed on October 15 due to "safety concerns".
The United States Secretary of Defense was required to implement a plan developed by the commission and to "remove all names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all assets of the Department of ...
(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 ...
A crew worked overnight Thursday and removed the busts of generals Stonewall Jackson, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and others, including a bronze statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee ...