Monument Avenue In Richmond, Va., Looks Different With The Statue Of Gen. Lee Down Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered remove the massive memorial to Robert E. Lee more than a year ago.

Virginia removes 12-ton Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond's Monument Avenue The governor ordered the removal of the state-owned statue in June 2020. By Meredith Deliso and Emily Shapiro ...

The statue of Matthew Fontaine Maury was removed from his monument in Richmond, VA and placed on a flatbed truck to be taken to storageThurssday, July 2, 2020.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After 131 years in Richmond, the statue to Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been removed from Monument Avenue. Crews worked to separate the enormous monument, a 21 ...

A new emancipation monument was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday that features two 12-foot bronze statues -- one of a woman holding an infant and one of a man freed from chattel slavery.

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors and the Confederate Cannon are included in the contract. WTVR. Crews remove the pedestal where the Maury monument once sat on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Paul Williams from the Richmond Times-Dispatch about his columns on the confederate statues on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va.

Until recently, there were six statues on Monument Avenue: Maury, Davis, Jackson, Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, and the Black tennis legend Arthur Ashe, who was added in 1996 in an effort to balance the avenue.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered remove the massive memorial to Robert E. Lee more than a year ago. Now that it's down, activists and others are looking forward to what changes may follow.