Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville removed
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted away from its place of prominence in Charlottesville on Saturday and carted off to storage. Work to remove the Lee statue began early Saturday morning, The Associated Press reports. Crews later removed a statue of Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Scores of spectators lined the blocks surrounding the park where the Lee statue had stood since the 1920s, and a cheer went up as it was lifted off the pedestal. There was a visible police presence, with streets blocked off to vehicular traffic by fencing and heavy...
