Item 1 of 2 People gather at the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden inauguration, in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. January 17, 2021.

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that is one of America’s largest monuments to the Confederacy was hosted off its pedestal and removed Wednesday to cheers in Richmond, Virginia.

RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday that the state can take down an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that became widely seen as a symbol of racial ...

A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is set to come down on Wednesday, more than 130 years after it was built as a tribute to a Civil War general who is ...

A legal battle over the removal of the towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue continued Tuesday, as the Virginia attorney general asked the ...

Crews remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, September 8, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. Steve Helber / Getty Images ...

The state can take down a towering statue of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond -- a centerpiece of protests against racial injustice.

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state can remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from where it's stood for over a century in Richmond.. Some residents argued in ...

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee will be removed from Richmond, Virginia this week. In this photo, a fence is installed around the Lee monument on January 25, 2021.

Register to become a blood donor. The moon illuminates the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue Friday June. 5, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled unanimously that the iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.