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The statue was carved from a tree the sculptor says was over a century old.
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An earlier time capsule found at the site and opened last week turned out to be a different one.
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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.
A statue of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be built in her native Brooklyn.
A crowd cheered Saturday as workers in Charlottesville removed a Confederate statue near the site of a violent white nationalist rally three years ago.
A statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park was taken down early Friday.
Crews are back at work removing Confederate monuments from Virginia’s capital city, a process that began last week after Mayor Levar Stoney ordered all city-owned Confederate statues cleared away amid weeks of protests over police brutality and racism.
A House panel is taking steps to remove racist statues from the U.S. Capitol. The move is tucked into the House Appropriations Committee legislative branch funding bill for next year.
A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass has been ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches.