Richmond To Remove Last Confederate Statue On Public Land
View Source | December 12, 2022 8:29 am
- Richmond this week plans to remove a statue of A.P. Hill – the city’s last Confederate monument standing on public property.
- The base of the statue contains remains of the general, which has delayed the process to remove the monument.
- On Thursday, Richmond Circuit Court Judge David Cheek Sr. denied a motion from some Hill descendants seeking to block removal of the monument while the appeal over who gets to keep the monument continues.
- Hill’s descendants want the statue to go to Cedar Mountain Battlefield, near the cemetery that is expected to be Hill’s final final resting place.
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