Charlottesville statue of Robert E. Lee
secretly melted down 6 years after deadly rally
Posted By: 4250Luis, 10/29/2023 1:25:45 PM
newspaper for reporting on family’s slave-owning past The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was at the center of the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., was secretly melted down last week to be remade into a more inclusive artwork. The bronze equestrian statue of Lee, which featured prominently in the 2017 Unite the Right rally, was incinerated in a 2,250-degree furnace Saturday, according to the Washington Post. It was cut into nine pieces, weighed about 6,000 pounds and required a forklift to move. It was melted down and then molded into a brick-like casting.
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