'Richmond is no longer the capital of the Confederacy.'
The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has towered over Richmond for more than 100 years will be removed"as soon as possible," Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday.surrounding the Lee statue and others on the city's Monument Avenue, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and protests against racial inequality around the country.
The four other Confederate statues on Monument Avenue are owned by the city, and a new state law goes into effect July 1 that allows localities to determine whether to remove their Confederate memorials. People were gathered at the Lee statue shortly after Northam's announcement Thursday, some protesting the decision,. The night before, a projected image of Floyd's face shined on the monument, which has been spray painted with phrases like"Black lives matter" during the recent protests.
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