What will happen to the Robert E Lee statue in Richmond?

What will happen to the Robert E Lee statue in Richmond?

Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue Is Set To Be Removed, Sent To Storage More than a year after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it will be lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, and placed into storage.

Is the Robert E Lee statue still standing in Richmond Virginia?

Following the ruling of the State Supreme Court, the Commonwealth of Virginia approved the removal and the statue was taken down on September 8, 2021.

Why was the Robert E Lee statue erected in Richmond VA?

The Lee statue was erected in 1890, a generation after the Civil War, during a time in which southern states were working to reinforce white supremacist systems and structures across their governments, services, and societies, Northam’s office said in a statement.

What political party did Robert E Lee belong to?

Confederate
Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession during the Civil War.

Why are Confederate statues being taken down?

The removal of Confederate monuments and memorials is an ongoing process in the United States since the 1960s. Detractors claim that they were not built as memorials but as a means of intimidating African Americans and reaffirming white supremacy after the Civil War.

Where is the Robert E Lee statue now?

Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas removed from a park and later sold in an online auction is now on display at a golf resort in West Texas. The bronze sculpture, which was removed from the Dallas park in September 2017, is now at the Lajitas Golf Resort in Terlingua, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported.

What does the Robert E Lee monument represent?

The Dallas Southern Memorial Association erected the statue to reassert the ideals Lee represented to the Lost Cause: white Southern pride, honor, gentlemanliness, strength, and supremacy.

Is removing statues Erasing History?

So the question of history being lost, if statues or monuments are taken down, is a resounding yes. In fact, once a statue or monument is removed, it is hard to bring it back. However, history was being lost before monuments were taken down, in the sense of general lack of awareness.