Though the process of removing the monument from a busy intersection should start Monday, it's unclear if it would be removed entirely by the end of the week.
Work to move Richmond's final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused to delay removal of Gen. A.P. Hill statue.Work to relocate Richmond's final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia's capital, an official said.
The city, a onetime capital of the Confederacy, began removing its many other Confederate monuments more than two years ago amid the racial justice protests that followed George Floyd's murder. Among the notable monuments removed was an imposing statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, which was taken down from a concrete pedestal in 2020 along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue.
In the most recent hearing, Cheek denied their motion to stay the removal of the Hill monument while the descendants press an appeal with the Virginia Court of Appeals.
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