A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was taken down on Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia, removing the last Confederate statue along the city’s Monument Avenue.

Crowds cheered as a crane hoisted the statue off of its pedestal just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday after construction workers fastened the statue with chains. Several people in the crowd were seen carrying Black Lives Matter signs, some singing, “Hey hey hey, goodbye.”

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