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Virginia Supreme Court rules Robert E. Lee statue can be taken down in Richmond

By Luke Gentile
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Virginia Supreme Court rules Robert E. Lee statue can be taken down in Richmond

Virginia can remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, the commonwealth’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The “restrictive covenants” of the 1887 and 1890 deeds that transferred the statue to the commonwealth are no longer applicable, according to the court.

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