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Mystery Solved: Statue of Racist Mississippi Ex-Gov. Bilbo Stashed in Closet
The top administrator for the Mississippi House answered a question that has been all the buzz at the state Capitol: Where’s Bilbo?
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Mystery Lingers Around Time Capsule Found Beneath Lee Statue
A rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin have been found in a time capsule hidden beneath a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Crews May Have Found 1887 Time Capsule in Lee Statue Base
Crews working to remove the pedestal where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Virginia Governor Announces Removal of Lee Statue Pedestal, Transfer of Land to City
The move comes about a month before the Ralph Northam leaves office and Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, who has expressed less enthusiasm about the statue’s removal, is sworn in.
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Confederate Statue to Be Moved From Maryland Courthouse Lawn
A statue thought to be the last Confederate monument still standing on a courthouse lawn in Maryland will be moved to a battlefield in Virginia.
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Time Capsule Installed in Pedestal Where Robert E. Lee Statue Stood
The capsule’s installation, which a state government official confirmed was completed Saturday morning, contains remembrances of current events, including those related to COVID-19 and protests over racial injustice.
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Gen. Lee Statue Can Be Removed, Virginia Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled unanimously that the iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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What Follows Confederate Statues? 1 Mississippi City's Fight
For more than a century, one of Mississippi’s largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has looked out over the lawn at the courthouse in the center of Greenwood.
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Bust of Former KKK Leader Removed From Tennessee Capitol Building
A decades-long fight has been resolved in Tennessee, over the bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader that stood in a place of honor inside the state’s Capitol.
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‘An Incredible Day' as Lee Statue Removed in Charlottesville
A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been hoisted off its stone pedestal and hauled away to storage
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Charlottesville Set to Remove Lee Statue That Sparked Rally
Charlottesville says a Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally is set to come down Saturday
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House Votes to Remove Roger Taney Bust, Confederate Statues
The House has approved a bill to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol
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SPLC: At Least 160 Confederate Symbols Taken Down in 2020
At least 160 Confederate symbols were taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020.
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Virginia Panel Wants Barbara Johns Statue to Replace Lee in US Capitol
A state panel has recommended that a statue of civil rights hero Barbara Johns should represent Virginia at the U.S. Capitol
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Black Contractor Braves Threats in Removing Richmond Statues
Change came to Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue this summer at whiplash speed when the city’s mayor invoked emergency powers and ordered the removal of Confederate statues that had towered over the city for around a century.
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Virginia Evicts Confederate Monuments From Its State Capitol
Virginia has removed from its iconic state capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials
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Richmond Mayor Orders Removal of Confederate Statues
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the removal of all Confederate statues on city land. “We have an urgent need to protect the public,” Stoney said in a statement.
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Trump Asks for Toppled DC Confederate Statue To Be Put Back Up
President Donald Trump personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up, less than a week after cheering protesters toppled it and set it on fire in a Washington, D.C., park, NBC News reports. Trump called Interior Sec. David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore a statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike, two...
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Trump Vows to Protect Statues From ‘Agitators'
At a roundtable on the border wall on Tuesday, President Donald Trump offered to help states protect statues by imprisoning anyone caught defacing military monuments after accusing some state leaders of “being very weak in protecting their heritage and protecting their culture.” The president’s comments come after a growing call to remove statues honoring historical figures tied to slavery and...