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Norfolk will remove statue from monument "within 24 hours,"
By MARGARET MATRAY
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT |
JUN 11, 2020 | 7:53 PM
| NORFOLK
Before the weekend, the city of Norfolk plans to start dismantling the downtown Confederate monument.
Contractors will remove the bronze statue of a Confederate soldier that stands atop the 80-foot monument “within 24 hours,” weather permitting, Mayor Kenny Alexander announced at a press conference Thursday evening at the monument. It will take several more weeks to take apart the rest of the marble and bronze structure at Main Street and Commercial Place ...
https://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-norfolk-confederate-monument-announcement-20200611-o6u2dnk3dfgshmmqjcmsarneji-story.html
