Confederate statue removed this morning in Charlottesville

[Yonnie3]

This was a mass produced statue that belonged to Albemarle County and was sited in the City of Charlottesville at a County Courthouse.

Here is a bit of video:

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[3Hotdogs]

1. Is this the same statue that the riots were over?

[Yonnie3]

3. No.

This is a few blocks away in what is now named Court Square Park. There is also a large equestrian monument of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson and I am aware of no schedule for removal.

The focal point of the Unite-The-Right rally was in what is now named Market Street Park which has a large statue of Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller.

Both the remaining statues are the property of the City and I believe the removals are tied up in legal squabbles. I am confidant that they will eventually be removed.

[underpants]

2. Cheap pieces of crap

The big monuments on Monument Avenue are actual works of art but most of these are hollow cheap pieces of crap. I remember a few years ago when a group of people buckled one over in North Carolina (Durham?). I had not idea that these things were that poorly made.

Funny that this thing ends up the back of a pick up.

[Yonnie3]

4. Yep

Another Confederate loser being run out of town in his pickup.

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[Yonnie3]

5. The time capsule under it has not yet been retrieved

https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/here-are-the-mostly-confederate-mementos-in-johnny-rebs-time-capsule/

Here are the (mostly Confederate) mementos in Johnny Reb’s time capsule

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On March 15, 1909 — the day the capsule was placed in the base and capped by a six-ton stone — a Daily Progress article reported it containing the following items:

Roster of the officers and members of the Albemarle Chapter Number 1 of the Daughters of the Confederacy of the County of Albemarle and a short history of said chapter.

Roster of all the living and dead members of the John Bowie Strange Camp of Confederate Veterans, and a short history of said Camp.

Brief history of the movements resulting in the erection of the Monument, giving the names of the various officers and committees and showing the amounts contributed, namely, but the County of Albemarle, $1800; but the City of Charlottesville, $600, and by the Albemarle Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, $750.

List of all of the officers of Albemarle County and of the City of Charlottesville.

List of the officers and members of the R.T.W. Duke Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Number 583, deposited by R.T.W. Duke, Jr., Commander of said Camp.

Pamphlet containing history of the County of Albemarle.

Pamphlet containing illustrated views of Charlottesville, VA.
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[Yonnie3]

6. Image of the time capsule's contents

It is truly representative of the Confederacy.

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