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Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 03:57 PM Jul 2020

Richmond removes Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue

Source: AP

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Work crews have taken down the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue, the sixth Confederate monument to be removed in Richmond amid national protests against police brutality and symbols many see as racist icons.

Crews arrived at about 7 a.m Wednesday in the city’s Libby Hill neighborhood to take down the monument, which towers 100 feet (30.5 meters) high and was installed in 1894. It depicts a Confederate soldier standing atop a pillar. The phrases “BLM” and “TAKE IT DOWN” were recently painted on the pavement that surrounds it, NBC 12 reported.

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, citing his emergency powers on July 1, ordered the removal of all city-owned Confederate statues. A statue of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was taken down by crews on Tuesday and four other monuments were removed last week.

Richmond’s largest statue left standing is on state land — the massive monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Its removal, under the orders of Gov. Ralph Northam, has been blocked at least temporarily by a court injunction.



The Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument is secured in lifting straps as it is removed from Libby Hill Park, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The 17 ft statue stands on a 73 foot pedestal overlooking downtown. The statue is one of several that will be removed by the city as part of the Black Lives Matter reaction. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)



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Richmond removes Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jul 2020 OP
I happened to drive by the AP Hill monument today. underpants Jul 2020 #1
Good. Aristus Jul 2020 #2

underpants

(182,279 posts)
1. I happened to drive by the AP Hill monument today.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jul 2020

Supposedly he’s buried under it. ????

On my way back I saw a couple of people with what looks like TV cameras just getting there. Maybe it’s next.

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