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Statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee taken down in Virginia

by Sarah RankinDenise Lavoie
| September 8, 2021 6:09 AM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as work crews hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century.

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