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Related: About this forumRichmond: Crews preparing to remove Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue in Libby Hill Park
That statue is up there.
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UPDATE: Crews preparing to remove Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue in Libby Hill Park
From staff reports 1 hr ago
Bob Brown/Times-Dispatch
8:30 a.m.: A large crane has arrived at Libby Hill Park to remove the statue from atop the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
Prior to that crews stopped a man trying to pull down plastic fencing that's surrounding the monument. He left fairly quickly afterward.
7:29 a.m.: Traffic barrels and road closed signs have been set up Wednesday morning around the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Libby Hill Park in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood.
It appears that crews are preparing to remove the Confederate statue from that monument.
Dedicated in 1894, the 100-foot memorial honors Confederate enlisted men and sits at 29th Street and Libby Terrace.
(This is breaking news. This story will be updated.)
UPDATE: Crews preparing to remove Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue in Libby Hill Park
From staff reports 1 hr ago
Bob Brown/Times-Dispatch
8:30 a.m.: A large crane has arrived at Libby Hill Park to remove the statue from atop the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
Prior to that crews stopped a man trying to pull down plastic fencing that's surrounding the monument. He left fairly quickly afterward.
7:29 a.m.: Traffic barrels and road closed signs have been set up Wednesday morning around the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Libby Hill Park in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood.
It appears that crews are preparing to remove the Confederate statue from that monument.
Dedicated in 1894, the 100-foot memorial honors Confederate enlisted men and sits at 29th Street and Libby Terrace.
(This is breaking news. This story will be updated.)
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Richmond: Crews preparing to remove Confederate Soldiers and Sailors statue in Libby Hill Park (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2020
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underpants
(186,612 posts)1. They are moving fast
Thats a high one.
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,923 posts)2. I don't think anybody was about to scale that and topple it. NT
Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2020, 10:28 AM - Edit history (1)
underpants
(186,612 posts)4. Just drove by AP Hill monument about an hour ago
We may find out if hes really buried under that thing.
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,923 posts)3. The event is being liveblogged. Or livetweeted. Whatever.