The Virginia city took down statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, toppling symbols that were at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is seen in Market Street Park, April 1, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va.

PrevNext Julia Rendleman/AP FILE - A statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee sits in Emancipation Park, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Rendleman) By: The ...

Foundry workers adjust pieces of Charlottesville's bronze monument of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee atop a furnace to heat them in preparation for melting the statue on Oct. 21.

The mayor of Charlottesville, Va., is urging Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, to convene an emergency meeting of the state legislature to allow the city to take down a statue of Robert E ...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had a “visceral reaction against” the removal of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once the focal point of ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - JULY 10: Workers remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park July 10, 2021 in Charlottesville, Virginia.