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Virginia governor to announce removal of Lee statue NEWS by: ALAN SUDERMAN and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press
Posted: Jun 3, 2020 / 05:26 PM EDT / Updated: Jun 3, 2020 / 05:41 PM EDT
FILE This Tuesday, June 2, 2020 file photo shows a large group of protesters gather around the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue near downtown in Richmond, Va. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmonds prominent Monument Avenue. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmonds prominent Monument Avenue.
A senior administration official told The Associated Press that the governor will direct the statue to be moved off its massive pedestal and put into storage while his administration seeks input on a new location.
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They could replace it with a statue of George Floyd sitting on the hood of his Mercedes SUV.
Well, Texas has nukes. :)
Disgraceful. Lee was an honorable man who fought according to his conscience.
They can think what they want, Lee was a great and honorable man.
Sherman on the other hand was a monster.
It’s good to be on the winning side.
Someone should hang signs on all those statues...
was a
D E M O C R A T !
Well, there you go Virginia
Marxists will be Marxists after sll...
No big surprise. Remove it and put it in the Shenandoah in a museum.
Exactly my sentiments all they deserve is the mlk shuckster stuff another Democrat excrement hole
And...the grounds of his family estate are now Arlington National Cemetery
More PC idiocy from the Left, no matter what you think of the Confederacy, they are a part of our history.
“How long before Mount Vernon is burned down?”
As soon as they learn that it exists. Which could be a while.
What’s he going to do next? Dig up all the graves at Arlington, tear down his house? That area where the graves are was his front yard.
My daughter lives in Richmond. She told me...well...its coming down.
I laughed and told her to stay away from that area.
War is hell. I think I heard that somewhere.
And Lincolns General US Grant who led the northern army, also owned slaves, through his wifes family
So...
Next, they will put up statues of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and maybe Pol-Pot.
Good verbiage for a protest sign.
Years after the Civil War Lee would call soldiers from the south and north “our boys.” He always had money in his pocket to give down on their luck soldiers.
He freed his slave. He grew up in an abolitionist family.
Elections have consequences. Virginians are gonna learn the hard way.
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