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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- The Walker County Commissioners Court voted Monday unanimously to not remove the Confederate monument which has been located on the courthouse grounds since 1956.
RICHMOND, Va. -- Following its removal in the early morning hours today, December 21, the statue of Robert E. Lee by Edward Valentine, which was given to the United States Capitol in 1909 as one of two statues from the Commonwealth of Virginia for the National Statuary Hall Collection, is in transport from Washington, D.C. to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) in Richmond, Virginia. Ownership and title of the statue has been permanently transferred from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the museum.
[Editor's note: According to the above press release, the statue is being place in storage. No mention is made when or if it will be placed on public display again.]
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