Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-11 07:14 Share CLOSE Workers remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, after years of a legal battle over the contentious monument, in Charlottesville, Virginia, the United States, July 10, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
WASHINGTON Two Confederate generals statues were removed on Saturday from public parks in Charlottesville, eastern US state Virginia, almost four years after a deadly far-right rally was held there to protest the historic city taking down Confederate statues.
Online videos showed a crowd, in cheers, gathered to watch machinery lifting the statue of Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park and then the statue of Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson from Court Square Park.
Lee statueâs removal in Charlottesville was âwatching history happen,â woman says
Lee statueâs removal in Charlottesville was âwatching history happen,â woman says
By: The Associated Press
and last updated 2021-07-10 20:13:23-04
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Cheers erupted Saturday as a Confederate statue that towered for nearly a century over downtown Charlottesville was carted away by truck from the Virginia city where it had become a flashpoint for racist protests and deadly violence.
It was a day of palpable joy and immense relief for scores of residents and visitors who lined neighboring streets to watch the larger-than-life figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee as it was hoisted from its pedestal and taken - at least for now - to storage.
Charlottesville Removes Confederate Monuments Published: 10 July 2021
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Cheers erupted Saturday as a Confederate statue that towered for nearly a century over downtown Charlottesville was carted away by truck from the Virginia city where it had become a flashpoint for racist protests and deadly violence.
It was a day of palpable joy and immense relief for scores of residents and visitors who lined neighboring streets to watch the larger-than-life figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee as it was hoisted from its pedestal and taken at least for now to storage.
The statue s removal came more than five years after racial justice activists had renewed a push to take down the monument, an initiative that drew the attention of white supremacists and other racist groups, culminating in the violent “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.
Confederate Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson statues in Charlottesville removed
By Sarah Rankin
Charlottesville removes Robert E. Lee statue
Statues of two of the most notable Confederate generals are no longer standing in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Credit: Michelle Colbert, M.A. via Storyful)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Cheers erupted Saturday as a Confederate statue that towered for nearly a century over downtown Charlottesville was carted away by truck from the Virginia city where it had become a flashpoint for racist protests and deadly violence.
It was a day of palpable joy and immense relief for scores of residents and visitors who lined neighboring streets to watch the larger-than-life figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee as it was hoisted from its pedestal and taken at least for now to storage.