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Virginia removes Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue

By Associated Press

Sept. 8, 2021

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Crews prepare one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Richmond, Va.
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Lifting straps surround the Lee statue as crews remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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Crews remove the torso of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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Crews use a saw to cut the statue as they remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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Crews remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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The public watch 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 Monument Avenue, Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Richmond, Va.
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Crews remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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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 Monument Avenue, Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Richmond, Va.
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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 Monument Avenue, Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Richmond, Va.
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Crews remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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Crews reposition the horse of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on a truck as they remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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Crews reposition the horse of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on a truck as they remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.
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Crews reposition the horse of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on a truck as they remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8.

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