The Monument Avenue Commission, tasked with evaluating the fate of the statuary on Monument Avenue, held its first public community meeting since its contentious, chaotic first meeting last summer. The meeting proceeded relatively peacefully despite two sets of...
Rally planned by Tennessee group to protect Lee monument in Richmond
*This story has just been updated. According to a Facebook event page sponsored by CSA II: The New Confederate States of America, a rally is being planned on September 16 to "protect" the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. A previous rally...
Opinion: An open letter from France to Virginia on history and Confederate statues
Dear Virginia, I am from Virginia, but live abroad in Nice, France. I have been following the events in Charlottesville with growing concern. Angry mobs, domestic terrorism, equivocation from politicians, and the thought that those who don't remember history are bound...
A public historian’s ideas for Mayor Stoney’s Monument Avenue Commission
The city of Richmond has a unique opportunity with Mayor Stoney’s Monument Avenue Commission. The Hard Questions As our nation continues to be divided over issues of national identity, culture, and values; cities across America are now faced with the questions of how...
RVA Mag delves into Monument Avenue’s Confederate statues with US historians
On June 22nd, Mayor Levar Stoney announced a commission "to help the city redefine the false narrative of the Confederate statues that line Richmond's grandest boulevard." This announcement was hardly shocking - in a sense, it had been coming for decades - but it was...
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