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Workers prepare to remove Robert E. Lee statue from the state House (Photo by Bob Brown, Richmond Times-Dispatch)

House Speaker Filler-Corn has Confederate statues removed from the state Capitol

written by Jeanine Martin July 24, 2020

Very late Thursday night and into the wee hours of Friday morning, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Eileen Filler-Corn, ordered and had removed from the state Capitol building, a statue of General Robert E. Lee and the busts of 7 other Confederate leaders.

Reporters were permitted to observe the removal of the statues but were forbidden from reporting the event until its completion.

From the Washingtonpost.com,

House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax) ordered the removals from the historic Capitol’s Old House Chamber, the room where rebel lawmakers met when Richmond served as the capital of the Confederacy.

“Virginia has a story to tell that extends far beyond glorifying the Confederacy and its participants,” Filler-Corn said in an emailed statement, condemning the Confederate ideology as based on maintaining slavery. “Now is the time to provide context to our Capitol to truly tell the Commonwealth’s whole history.”

 

She announced the formation of an advisory group to propose new types of memorials for the Thomas Jefferson-designed Capitol building.
It is not clear what gave Speaker Filler-Corn the authority to have the statues removed and put in storage at an undisclosed location.
More on the story here and here.  
House Speaker Filler-Corn has Confederate statues removed from the state Capitol was last modified: July 24th, 2020 by Jeanine Martin
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Jeanine Martin

Also known as Lovettsville Lady, I am a Republican activist in the wilds of western Loudoun County.

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