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Charlottesville’s statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, as well as a one of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea ...
It’s been a year since statues of Confederates Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson stood in Charlottesville’s downtown parks, but the controversy over the removal and the statues ...
Decades before the violent Unite the Right rally in 2017 in Charlottesville that drew white nationalists protesting the removal of a Robert E ... statues of Lee and Stonewall Jackson from the ...
Decades before the violent Unite the Right rally in 2017 in Charlottesville that drew white nationalists protesting the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue ... petition to remove the statues of Lee and ...
as well as to Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. “For many years, citizens have voiced concerns about our street names,” explained Councilmember Janice Miller.
A state holiday honoring Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson — it was briefly paired with one for the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. — was eliminated in 2020 ...
In the early morning of June 28, 1969, gays and lesbians who were tired of being bullied and harassed by New York City police fought back after a raid of the Stonewall Inn in the city's Greenwich ...
Confederate Memorial Day will be observed in South Carolina on May 9. South Carolina is one of only a few states officially recognizing the date, which is actually on May 10. Eight of the state ...
RADFORD — Temperatures, comfortable low-80’s, sunshine peeking in and out of fluffy cumulus clouds, blue skies backing the cotton balls– perfect day for a track meet. On cue, Meredith Willis ...
Robert Edward Lee, Jr., 72, a lifelong resident of Chattanooga, passed away on May 22, 2025, from complications due to surgery. He was born on Jan. 20, 1953, to the late Robert E. Lee, Sr.