The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once at the center of the deadly 2017 White nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been melted down.

The statue will replace a monument of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. City officials voted to remove the monument after its vandalization during the height of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.

SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. SOUTH — It was a choice to melt down Robert E. Lee. But it would have been a choice to keep him intact, too. So the statue of the Confederate general that once stood in ...

Charlottesville allowed organizers to melt down a statue of the Confederate general that was at the heart of the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in 2017. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...

Protesters for and against removing the statue of Lee from Lee Park in downtown Charlottesville look on during a city council meeting Monday February 6, 2017. Ryan Blackwell/The Daily Progress ...

A Confederate statue, coined ‘Silent Sam,’ on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on August 22, 2017. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images. When asked by the Sun about whether the ...

The statue of Ambrose P. Hill, a Confederate general in the Civil War, was taken down after a series of court challenges by his indirect descendants. Skip to content Skip to site index U.S.

West Point over its holiday break will remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform as well as a bust of the general from prominent spots on campus, carrying out directives that were ...

Preliminary sketch for Henrietta Lacks statue unveiled by artist Bryce Cobbs WDBJ-TV Lacks' son, Lawrence, and grandson, Ron, were in attendance during Monday's unveiling.