Confederate Statues In Charlottesville Are Protected As War Memorials, Rules Judge
In 2016, the Charlottesville City Council voted to remove statues of Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson that were erected in the 1920s. (It was this vote that the notorious 2017 Unite the Right rally was protesting.) A group called the Monument Fund sued to have the vote reversed, arguing that Virginia law forbids cities […]