The Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge should be renamed, and the best idea so far is to call it after the city street at its northern end, Belvidere, the City Council’s Land Use and Transportation ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Plans to rename the Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge to Belvidere Bridge have been scrapped after opposition over the replacement’s link to a plantation mansion in Richmond ...

In January 1933, a group of Richmond realtors explained to ... The bridge was dedicated on November 4, 1934 as the Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge. Thousands of people attended for a full day ...

A statue of Robert E. Lee has stood in historic city of Richmond, Virginia ... “A Monumental Change: The George Floyd Hologram Memorial Project” was created by Change.org and the George ...

RICHMOND, Va. – A 131-year-old Robert E. Lee memorial statue, which served as both a symbol of Confederate heritage and the unofficial ground zero of racial equity demonstrations in Virginia's ...

Robert E. Lee more than 130 years ... including one from a group of residents from Richmond's historic Monument Avenue that wanted to keep the 61-foot-tall memorial intact. Last week, the Virginia ...

The statue of Robert E. Lee stands at Robert E. Lee Memorial on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Sept. 7, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE Although the time capsule won't be opened Monday ...

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – SEPTEMBER 08: The statue of Robert E. Lee is lowered from its pedestal at Robert E. Lee Memorial during a removal September 8, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. The Commonwealth ...

Workers lift the upper part of the statue at the Robert E. Lee Memorial during a removal September 8, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) But it would never have happened ...

Crews in Richmond ... of Gen. Robert E. Lee — and placed it on a flatbed truck. The statue will now head to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. Hill’s memorial had ...

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RICHMOND, Va. – Crews removed a 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee Wednesday morning ... the removal of the final Confederate memorial along Monument Avenue, which got ...