Duke University announced that it removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday after it had been vandalized. The university, located in Durham, N.C., said it removed the limestone depiction of Lee from Duke Chapel amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy. A statue of Lee was at the heart of a violent protest last week in Charlottesville, Va., which turned deadly. Related Image Expand / CollapseHeather Heyer, 32, was killed after a car drove into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalists who were demonstrating against the removal of a Lee statue. On Monday in Durham, protesters toppled a statue of a Confederate soldier during a rally against racism.

Source: Fox News August 19, 2017 13:30 UTC