The peed-on Jefferson Davis statue that protesters took down in 2020 is temporarily moving out of Richmond.Why it matters: It ...

The plaque adorned a 15-foot (4.5 meter) marble statue of Davis, which sits in a corner of the state's ornate Capitol rotunda just behind a bronze likeness of Lincoln. Both men were born in Kentucky.

The hall holds 100 of the Capitol’s collection of statues of notable citizens in US history, two per state. 1897 - The Library of Congress moves into its first building (later named the Thomas ...

The Davis statue’s removal from the Kentucky statehouse came amid reignited efforts to take down Confederate monuments around the U.S. after the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police.

The Rev. Billy Graham now has a permanent home in the U.S. Capitol. After a decade of trying, North Carolina’s lawmakers were able to add a statue of Graham to The Statuary Hall Collection. “Today, ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue in the former capital of the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a statue of third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Monticello, about 27 miles east of downtown Tallahassee. The ...

(Reuters) -Private equity-backed Jefferson Capital said on Friday it was targeting a valuation of up to $1.1 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, as buyout firms look to take advantage of ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — About 100 people, most of them African American, filled Kentucky's Capitol Rotunda Wednesday as black leaders and lawmakers called on Gov. Matt Bevin to remove the statue of ...

The Rev. Billy Graham now has a permanent home in the U.S. Capitol. After a decade of trying, North Carolina’s lawmakers were able to add a statue of Graham to The Statuary Hall Collection. “Today, ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers would claim authority over what statues are installed or removed from the state Capitol's Rotunda under a bill passed Friday by the GOP-led House, ...