Confederate Monuments At Center Of Deadly ‘Unite The Right’ Rally To Come Down

The Confederate monuments in Charlottesville that were at the center of the deadly neo-Nazi rally in 2017 are set to be removed.

The Charlottesville City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to take down the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from public parks downtown. More than 50 people reportedly spoke during the virtual public hearing, most expressing the opinion that the statues should come down. The city resolved to “remove, relocate, contextualize or cover the Statues.”