Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond, Virginia) - Wikipedia
The bronze statue, sculpted by Antonin Mercié, depicted Confederate general Robert E. Lee atop a horse. A friend of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who likely helped him secure the commission, …
Monument Avenue: Robert. E. Lee Monument - The Valentine …
Sep 14, 2023 · It took nearly twenty years to erect a monument to Robert E. Lee in Richmond, and it came down in less than two. Robert E. Lee died on October 12, 1870, in Lexington, …
Defeated, heroized, dismantled: Richmond’s Robert E. Lee …
Defeated, heroized, dismantled: Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Monument by Dr. Sarah Beetham and Dr. Beth Harris Antonin Mercié, Robert E. Lee Monument, 1890, bronze (removed from …
Lee statue will move to Richmond's Black History Museum : NPR
Dec 30, 2021 · The massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., taken down in September, will be moved to the city's Black History Museum, Gov. Ralph Northam …
Richmond's Robert E. Lee Statue Is Headed to a Black History Museum
Jan 5, 2022 · Months after its removal from Richmond’s Monument Avenue, an enormous equestrian statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has found a likely new home.
Richmond, Va.'s Robert E. Lee Confederate Memorial Comes Down - NPR
Sep 8, 2021 · More than a year after Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it was lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, …
Virginia removes 12-ton Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond's …
Sep 8, 2021 · A giant statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed in Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, more than a year after the order from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.
Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital
Sep 9, 2021 · RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for generations was taken down, cut into pieces and hauled away Wednesday, as …
Robert E. Lee statue on historic Virginia street removed
Sep 8, 2021 · Crews work to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, …
With Robert E. Lee's Statue Gone, Virginia Reveals New Plans …
Sep 8, 2021 · Crews work to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Wednesday in …