Posted on 06/03/2020 4:10:10 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s prominent Monument Avenue, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.
The governor will direct the statue to be moved off its massive pedestal and put into storage while his administration seeks input on a new location, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak before the governor’s announcement.
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“National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) are historic places that hold national significance. The Secretary of the Interior designates these places as exceptional because of their abilities to illustrate U.S. heritage. Today, we have almost 2,600 NHLs in the United States.”
“Monument Avenue Historic District" includes the part of Monument Avenue beginning at the termination of West Franklin Street at Stuart Circle in the east, extending westward for some fourteen blocks to Roseneath Avenue, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark District. In 2007, the American Planning Association named Monument Avenue one of the 10 Great Streets in the country.The APA said Monument Avenue was selected for its historic architecture, urban form, quality residential and religious architecture, diversity of land uses, public art and integration of multiple modes of transportation.
Now it's the aholes versus the cops. My money in on the THIN BLUE LINE.
No, it’s ok because removing a statue will actually change history.
It’s just like in Back to The Future.
Yep.
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If anyone wants to win the VA governorship just run on a law and order platform and a historical restoration platform.
I am sure the Virginia governor believes this type of announcement should be made during nationwide rioting. The Democrats don’t want calm to return.
Don’t fret. They will leave up Arthur Ashe statue.
Unbelievable, Blackface Northram pandering again. I wrote to him and his LT GOV and Attorney General that they need to resign when it was discovered they were all criminals- GOP did nothing and this is what we get.
Not sure that would work. NoVA just kills you guys. It's like most everywhere else: the Left owns the high population cities and the rest of the "normal" state pays the price.
You DO know that our corrupt media shows you EXACTLY what THEY want you to see: whatever makes the cops look bad and whatever makes the plundering, violent aholes look good.
That's a fact, Jack.
You nailed it!
Northram wants to make room for himself.
Who said a law and order historical restoration candidate had to be an ‘R’? A ‘D’ would do.
Good luck with THAT!
Exactly.
We know better and yet we fall for you all too often.
Beta cuck
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