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 […]
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 […]