US City Removes Flashpoint Statues Including Confederate Generals

Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy (Third edition)

Despite these numbers, there has been progress in removing Confederate symbols of hate and white supremacy. Public opinion is changing as more ...

The wanderings of Confederate General A. P. Hill - EL PAÍS English

The removal of the bronze statue is the final task of a two-year effort to erase all traces of the Confederacy from its former capital.

'An incredible day': Charlottesville relieved as Confederate statues ...

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 ...

Confederate Mouton statue removed from downtown Lafayette

A worker rigs the statue of Confederate General Alfred Mouton for it's removal on Saturday, July 17, 2021, in downtown Lafayette. STAFF PHOTO BY ...

Flashpoint statueof US Confederategeneral melted down

A statue of a US Civil War general for the pro-slavery Confederacy that became the focus of protests for racial justice has been melted down ...

Here's what might replace America's disappearing Confederate ...

A portrait of George Floyd was projected onto the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in June. With several Confederate statues removed ...

House passes bill to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol

WASHINGTON – The House passed a bill Tuesday that would remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol as well as a bust of the former ...

The Problem of Confederate Statues on U.S. Public Lands

Southern Civil War symbols have been a flash point in towns and cities for years, but at places like the Gettysburg battlefield and ...

Mobile, Alabama removes Confederate statue without notice

Alabama's port city removed a statue of a Confederate naval officer early Friday after days of protests over the police killing of George ...

Judge temporarily blocks Virginia's removal of Robert E. Lee statue

A judge in Richmond has issued an injunction blocking Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from removing a controversial statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Alabama AG: Mobile illegally removed Semmes monument, pays fine

The Admiral Raphael Semmes Confederate statue in Mobile was removed without warning overnight by city officials on the evening of June 4, 2020.

Legally, Confederate statues in public spaces aren't a form of free ...

Ralph Northam ordered the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue in Richmond. A few days later, he vowed to fight a ...

Where have statues of Confederates been removed?

States and cities across the U.S. are removing Confederate statues ... Confederacy agreed to move the statue after conversations with community ...

Two Confederate Statues in Charlottesville Covered in Black in ...

Image: City workers drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. ... city from removing the Lee statue while the lawsuit plays ...

Senate panel OKs removing Confederate names from military bases

Confederate monuments have reemerged as a national flashpoint since the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis ...

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE H2582 - Congress.gov

ing in a letter on Wednesday the removal of. Confederate statues occupying the U.S. Cap- itol, or as she called them, ''monuments to men who advocated ...

Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials - Wikipedia

In 2022, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he would order the renaming of U.S. military bases named for Confederate generals, as well as other Defense ...

Taking a Knee and Taking Down a Monument - The New York Times

— As Confederate monuments across the country were being removed in October, sometimes under the cover of night, the Caddo Parish Commission in ...

West Point begins removing Confederate symbols, including Robert ...

The U.S. Military Academy is taking down a portrait and stone bust of Confederate General Robert E. Lee over the holiday break, ...

Dallas is 4-0 in battles over Confederate statues and monuments

In June 2020, the city requested, and the court of appeals allowed the city to proceed with removal. The monument was removed by the end of June ...