An earlier time capsule found at the site and opened last week turned out to be a different one.
The city decided to donate the bronze statue to an African American heritage center after a council meeting that stretched into Tuesday morning.
Lee’s statue had stood with George Washington’s statue since 1909 as Virginia’s representatives in the Capitol.
Gun-rights activists and other groups are descending on Virginia’s capital city of Richmond to protest plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is announcing a series of public talks his administration will host in the run up to a July 9 special session on gun laws.
Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a bill striking Jim Crow-era exceptions from Virginia's minimum-wage law.
Virginia's governor has set a July 9 start date for a special legislative session on gun-related legislation after last week's deadly shooting rampage in Virginia Beach.
They also said they couldn't discern how the picture was placed on Northam's yearbook page, but found no evidence it was placed there by mistake or as a prank.
Virginia's governor pulled out of an event where he would have faced protesters for wearing blackface in the 1980s.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam met privately on Monday with top administration officials but gave no public signal he intends to step down.