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Injunction extended against removing Lee statue in Virginia

June 18, 2020 Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Thursday indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the Virginia governor from removing a historic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue. Richmond Circuit Court Judge […]

Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital

June 11, 2020 The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of Old South monuments removed or damaged around the […]

Trump: No change at bases named for Confederate officers

June 10, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will “not even consider” changing the name of any of the 10 Army bases that are named for Confederate Army officers. Two days earlier, […]

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Rocky Mount approves removal of Confederate monument

June 9, 2020 The Associated Press

ROCKY MOUNT — The North Carolina city of Rocky Mount has approved the removal of a Confederate statue that has stood for more than a century. CBS 17 reports that the Rocky Mount City Council […]

Protesters pull down Silent Sam on UNC campus

August 22, 2018 North State Journal Staff

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — UNC Chapel Hill is launching a criminal probe after protesters toppled a statue of a Confederate soldier on its campus Monday night, the latest move to dismantle Civil War symbols amid debate about […]