Richmond Public Schools named a school for Lois Harrison-Jones, the first female superintendent of RPS and the first Black female to lead a Virginia school division.
As the Fate of Many Confederate Memorials Remains Undecided, Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue Heads to a Virginia Museum
The controversial sculpture will likely go on view in a larger exhibition about the evolution of Confederate memorialization.
December 23, 2020
The statue of Robert E. Lee at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond. Courtesy of the VMHC.
Earlier this week, a life-sized bronze statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was unceremoniously removed from the U.S. capitol more than a century after it was installed. But just as quickly as the question over the controversial sculpture’s fate was resolved, another one popped up: Where does it go now?