Lawsuit to halt melting of Confederate statue at centre of deadly Virginia rally largely dismissed

July 19, 2023 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography

Via The Art Newspaper

July 19, 2023 

A lawsuit brought by two organisations seeking to block a museum from melting down the equestrian statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee that was at the centre of the deadly 2017 rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been largely dismissed.



Sanjay Suchak and Ryan Vizzions both documented the memorial in Richmond, Virginia in 2020..


overhead photograph of the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020. The base and surrounding sidewalk is completely covered in grafitti

Sanjay Suchak: Robert E. Lee Monument Overhead, Richmond, Virginia, July 2, 2020



color photograph of the Robert E. Lee ststue in Richmond, Virginia with base covered in graffiti

Ryan Vizzions: Robert E. Lee Memorial, Richmond, Virginia, January 7, 2020

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