Bronze monument stood in former Confederate capital Crowds chanted for justice as workers removed statue A towering bronze depiction of General Robert E Lee - one of the largest Confederate statues in the US - has been removed from its pedestal in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy. The 21ft (6m) statue of Lee on a horse had topped a huge granite base twice that tall in a prominent residential boulevard named Monument Avenue for more than 130 years. The pedestal was smothe...
Bronze monument stood in former Confederate capital Crowds chanted for justice as workers removed statue A towering bronze depiction of General Robert E Lee - one of the largest Confederate statues in the US - has been removed from its pedestal in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy. The 21ft (6m) statue of Lee on a horse had topped a huge granite base twice that tall in a prominent residential boulevard named Monument Avenue for more than 130 years. The pedestal was smothe...
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