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Statue of limitations

Confederate monument that prompted deadly Unite the Right rally is melted down

Meltdown

Swords into Plowshares melts down controversial Lee statue

Checking in

What’s happened to the city’s racist statues?

Square one

Historic Resources Committee prepares to bring slave auction block proposal to council

In brief

Lee will melt Charlottesville’s statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is about to take even more heat. At the...

In brief

Richmond Lee statue will fall At press time, the statue of Robert E. Lee in downtown Richmond still stands—but that...

Tarps off

In the latest court hearing on the lawsuit stemming from City Council’s vote a year ago to remove the statue of...

In brief

Auction block Despite a looming lawsuit, City Council charged ahead and voted 3-2 to sell the statue of General...

Council split on Lee Park...

City Council heard from around three dozen people at its marathon five-hour April 18 hearing on the statue of General...