Five months after Lee monument was removed, the fence still stands
Sahara Sriraman, Contributing Writer The fence that once surrounded the Robert E. Lee monument is still up after over a year since its erection despite the statue’s removal on Sept. 8. Black Lives Matter protesters and members of the Richmond community demanded for the removal of the statue starting in the summer of 2020, after […]
‘Lost Cause’: Monument Avenue residents call for rehearing of Lee statue removal case
Katharine DeRosa, News Editor Helen Marie Taylor and other Monument Avenue residents submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Virginia to request a rehearing of the Robert E. Lee statue removal case. The statue was removed on Sept. 8 and the petition was filed on Sept. 29, less than four weeks after the removal. […]
Emancipation and Freedom Monument unveiled at Brown’s Island
Emma Carlson, Contributing Writer The new Emancipation and Freedom Monument was unveiled on Brown’s Island by the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission on Sept. 22, according to the commission’s website. The 12-foot bronze monument was designed by Thomas Jay Warren and depicts a man breaking free from shackles and a woman holding […]
New app gives virtual tour of Monument Avenue, illustrates Richmond history
Mackenzie Meleski, Contributing Writer Richmond residents are now able to get an in-depth look at the history of the city through the landmarks that define them. The new app, “Monumental Conversations,” allows community members to get a spoken history of the city they live in. Sponsored by a few museums throughout the city, including the […]
Lee statue removed, new time capsule placed in pedestal as area awaits transformation
Katrina Lee, Contributing Writer Masonry workers dug for 12 hours on Thursday under the former site of the Robert E. Lee monument in an attempt to recover a 1887 time capsule that was never found. Historians believed this time capsule was placed in the pedestal on Oct. 27, 1887, and it contained around 60 items, […]
Robert E. Lee statue removed from Monument Avenue, community members celebrate
Katrina Lee, Contributing Writer A large crowd cheered along Monument Avenue on Wednesday as the Robert E. Lee statue was lifted from its pedestal and taken down. Gov. Ralph Northam’s order for the statue to be removed was carried out at approximately 8:55 a.m. on Wednesday after more than a year of legal challenges. The […]
Robert E. Lee monument to come down
Katharine DeRosa, News Editor The towering Robert E. Lee monument is set to come down on Wednesday morning after over a year of legal entanglements. Gov. Ralph Northam ordered for the statue to be removed on June 4, 2020, 10 days after the murder of George Floyd in Minneanpolis. However, Northam’s executive order was blocked […]
Community activists remember Marcus-David Peters near three-year shooting death anniversary
Selna Shi, Contributing Writer Nearly three years after a Richmond police officer fatally shot VCU alumnus and high school teacher Marcus-David Peters, a local activist group honors him in a space around the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue. “Facilitating the community space is something that we have made our main initiative,” stated Lawrence […]
ACLU calls for removal of fence around Marcus-David Peters Circle
Katharine DeRosa, News Editor The Virginia Department of General Services erected an 8-foot fence around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Jan. 25 in anticipation of the Robert E. Lee Monument coming down. More than a month later, both the statue and the fence remain on site. The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia called for the […]
PHOTOS: Richmond removes Monument Avenue statue honoring Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart
Andrew Ringle, Executive Editor The City of Richmond hired out-of-state crews to remove a statue of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart on Monument Avenue Tuesday morning. The removal is one of 11 others planned by Mayor Levar Stoney and follows the removal of a statue honoring Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on July 1.