pedestal of a now-removed Robert E. Lee state in Richmond, Virginia, Gov.... @ GovernorVA/ Twitter

Open this photo in gallery The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed from Monument

Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia's capital city for more

VIRGINIA( REUTERS)-A statue of Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee that towers six stories

Confederate Gen.... Robert E. Lee's statue pedestal in Richmond, Va., Monday, Dec....

--After years of resistance and a long court battle, one of America’s largest monuments to the Confederacy was being pulled from its prominent perch in Virginia’s capital city Wednesday. Virginia Gov.... “ Think about the message that this sends to people coming from around the world to visit the capital city of one of the largest states in our country.... Or to young children.” The statue’s removal was expected to be completed Wednesday....

The statue is made of bronze and stands at 12-feet tall.... Robert E Lee on Monument Avenue, in

RICHMOND — The memorials are nestled in white tissue inside boxes in a state warehouse.... Robert

ChevronRight The bronze equestrian figure of Lee, the Confederacy’s most revered general, came down

down last year, so Lee is the last one remaining. Now that she realizes what those statues