Richmond removing statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
Source: Associated Press
Richmond removing statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
By STEVE HELBER and DENISE LAVOIE
July 7, 2020
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Work crews began taking down an enormous monument to Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, the third major statue to be cleared away in less than a week as the Confederacys former capital rushes to remove symbols of oppression in response to protests against police brutality and racism.
Crews went up in a cherry picker with power tools on Tuesday to begin separating the 22-foot-high bronze equestrian statue from its base. Then, theyll strap it in a harness and use a crane to lift it onto a truck to be driven away.
The Stuart statue was installed on Richmonds Monument Avenue in 1907, a time when white leaders across the South sought to glorify the lost cause of the Civil War and suppress attempts by Black people to assert their equality.
It depicts James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart, commander of the Cavalry Corps of Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia, in full uniform with a sword at his side, turned east as his horse faces north, atop a granite base.
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The statue of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is covered in graffiti on Monument Avenue, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The statue is one of several slated for removal by the City of Richmond. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)