Virginia’s highest court has ruled that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert EFALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. White supremacist and neo-Nazi organizers of the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville said they went to the city to defend the statue of Lee. The Jackson statue was erected in Jackson Park in 1921 and the Lee statue was erected in Lee Park in 1924. The state Supreme Court also ruled that the circuit court erred in ordering the city to pay $365,000 in plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs. Since then, local governments across the state have removed statues that stood for a century or more.

Source: ABC News April 01, 2021 14:29 UTC