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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Jun 17, 2020, 11:50 AM Jun 2020

UPDATE: Protesters tear down another Confederate statue in Richmond

UPDATE: Protesters tear down another Confederate statue in Richmond
BY HOLLY PRESTIDGE AND JOHANNA ALONSO, Richmond Times-Dispatch 13 hrs ago

11:37 p.m. update: Protesters tore down another Confederate statue in Richmond on Tuesday night.

The statue that stood on the Richmond Howitzers Monument, erected in 1892 to commemorate a Richmond Civil War artillery unit, was toppled from its pedestal by protesters using rope. The monument is at the intersection of Harrison Street and Grove Avenue, adjacent to VCU's Monroe Park campus.

This is the third Confederate statue and fourth statue overall taken down during protests in recent weeks. Other statues torn down include Confederate president Jefferson Davis on Monument Avenue, Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham in Monroe Park, and Christopher Columbus in Byrd Park.

(This is breaking news. This story will be updated.)
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UPDATE: Protesters tear down another Confederate statue in Richmond (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 OP
I was wondering when they'd get to that underpants Jun 2020 #1

underpants

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1. I was wondering when they'd get to that
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 12:00 PM
Jun 2020

Used to live a block away and do laundry right across the street.

They put up jersey walls around Lee. I wonder if they are guarding AP Hill.

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