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Experts Pull Documents, Money From Lee Statue Time Capsule
Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital Tuesday pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artifacts from a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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Robert E. Lee Statue in Virginia Taken Down
Crews removed an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a pedestal in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday.
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Virginia to Remove Richmond's Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee Statue
A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, will be taken down on Wednesday as a symbol of racial injustice, more than 130 years after it was erected in tribute to the South’s Civil War leader.
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Robert E. Lee Memorial Reopens in Virginia With New Exhibits on Enslaved People
The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived is open to the public again, after a $12 million rehabilitation and reinterpretation that includes an increased emphasis on more than 100 people who were enslaved there. The National Park Service opened Arlington House to the public on Tuesday for the first time since 2018. The mansion overlooking Arlington National Cemetery…
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Washington and Lee University to Keep Confederate's Name
Washington and Lee University’s trustees have voted against removing the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From U.S. Capitol
A statue of Robert E. Lee was removed from the U.S. Capitol on Monday. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., recorded the removal.
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Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From the US Capitol
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has been removed.
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Lewis Replacing Lee at Virginia High School
Robert E. Lee High School in Virginia is getting a name change after the school board voted to rename the school after the late congressman John Lewis.
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Descendant of Robert E. Lee Supports Removing Statues
Rev. Robert W. Lee IV, a descendant of General Robert E. Lee, testified in front of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on Tuesday in favor of removing statues of the Confederate general.
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US Base Namesakes Include Slaveholders, Failed Generals
As much as President Donald Trump enjoys talking about winning and winners, the Confederate generals he vows won’t have their names removed from U.S. military bases weren’t winners
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Charlottesville to Keep Trying to Remove Confederate Statues
The city of Charlottesville is preparing to appeal its defeat in a lawsuit over two Confederate monuments.
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New Burial Rules Seek to Extend Arlington Cemetery Lifespan
In an effort to save dwindling space, the Army is proposing new rules to limit who can be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Under the current rules, the cemetery would run out of space by the mid-2050s, the Army says. The proposed restrictions would preserve the cemetery’s lifespan for another 150 years.
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Judge: Confederate Statues Will Stay in Charlottesville
A Virginia judge has blocked the city of Charlottesville’s effort to remove Confederate statues. The Daily Progress reports the three-day civil trial that ended Friday included a judge’s ruling preventing the removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
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Ole Miss Fraternity Suspends Gun-Toting Students Who Took Photo in Front of Emmett Till Sign
A photograph of three University of Mississippi students posing with guns beside a bullet-pocked and oft-vandalized historic marker to lynching victim Emmett Till has sparked a possible federal investigation and suspensions of the three by their fraternity. The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting first published a story about it Thursday, saying the image had circulated on the men’s social media...
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Confederate Statue Vandalized With Profanity Against Trump
A Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, that became a rallying point for white nationalists has been vandalized with an expletive against President Donald Trump
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Blackface Scandal Spotlights Deeply Embedded Racism in US
When Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam refused to resign last week, he did so in the shadow of a Capitol built by a founding father and a slave owner, in the former seat of the Confederacy still wrestling with what to do about statues that honor those who fought to preserve slavery. The 35-year-old photo on his yearbook page of a...
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Man Charged in White Nationalist Rally Killing to Argue Self-Defense
An Ohio man charged with killing a woman during a white nationalist rally in Virginia plans to argue that he believed he was acting in self-defense when he drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters.
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Trial Set to Begin in Deadly White Nationalist Rally
A planned “Unite the Right” rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville exploded in chaos: violent brawling in the streets, racist chants, smoke bombs, and finally, a car speeding into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing one and injuring dozens more. Afterward, President Donald Trump enflamed racial tensions when he said “both sides” were to blame, a comment some saw as a...
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Activists Rally Against Hate on Charlottesville Anniversary
A day after tensions between police and community activists nearly boiled over on the University of Virginia’s campus, the city of Charlottesville marked Sunday’s anniversary of a deadly gathering of white supremacists with a rally against racial hatred. On Sunday morning in Charlottesville, a crowd of more than 200 people gathered in a park to protest racism and mark the...
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$1.1M Awarded to Preserve African-American Historic Sites
Grants totaling $1.1 million will help support important African-American heritage sites including the homes of jazz musician John Coltrane and playwright August Wilson, a Virginia location central to the slave trade and civil rights locations in Birmingham, a preservation group announced Friday. The money from the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is part of an effort by the National Trust...