Virginia panel recommends Lee statue removal at U.S. Capitol

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia panel has recommended that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue in the U.S. Capitol be replaced with another yet-to-be named Virginian amid national discussions about removing controversial symbols.

The eight-member Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol voted unanimously on Friday to take down the Lee statute. Like every other state, Virginia has two representatives in the Statuary Hall Collection. The other is George Washington. Virginia picked Lee for one of its statues in 1909.

Gov. Ralph Northam said he would relay the Lee decision to the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress and request the statue’s immediate removal.

“The Robert E. Lee statue does not tell our full and true story, and it has never represented all Virginians,” Northam said in a statement after the vote. “I commend the commission’s righteous decision to remove this relic from the halls of Congress and replace it with a new statue that embodies the inclusive Commonwealth we aspire to be.”

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[Evolve Dammit]

1. Take the West Point grad who took up arms against his country down. End glorifying traitors.

[Stallion]

2. Unbelievable That there is Statue of a Traitor in the US Capitol