One of the nation's most notorious monuments to the Confederacy -- a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia -- is set to be pulled down in a victory for civil rights activists, the Daily Beast website reports today (June 4, 2020).
Gov. Ralph Northam today announced plans to remove the statue from its massive pedestal in Richmond's Monument Avenue and put it into storage "as soon as possible."
The statue was covered in graffiti last weekend by people protesting the death of George Floyd in police custody.
Gen. Lee was a prominent Confederate general in America's Civil War.
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