UpdatedSat, Apr 10, 2021 at 3:32 pm ET
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A Board of Visitors committee plans to consider new names to replace Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
LEXINGTON, VA A committee at Virginia Military Institute recommended that the name of Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson be removed from Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of the Lexington school. The committee also concluded that the level of veneration of Jackson has been overstated by VMI.
VMI s Board of Visitors Commemorations and Memorials Naming and Review Committee met Friday to discuss a number of issues that support the concept of ensuring the grounds of VMI present an inspiring and inclusive landscape and its memorials properly reflect VMI s core values, VMI Interim Superintendent Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins wrote in an email Friday to the VMI community.