By Donna M. Owens ·September 8, 2021 Published · September 8, 2021 Updated
It stood as a symbol of the Confederacy in its one-time capital for more than a century. Now, the Robert E. Lee monument has been officially removed from its prominent public perch in Richmond, Virginia. “After 133 years, the statue of Robert E. Lee has finally come down—the last Confederate statue on Monument Avenue, and the largest in the South,” said Virginia Governor Ralph Northam
