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Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville will be melted down into artwork

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The statue will be given to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville.

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  1. Tucson

    Charlottesville's Lee statue to be melted down for new art (opens Tucson)

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    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted down and turned into a new piece of

  2. Washington Post

  3. Newsweek

    Robert E. Lee statue will be melted down into new art for African American heritage center (opens Newsweek)

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    The center emphasized in the proposal that no matter where the statue went, it would continue to be "an icon of violent white supremacy."

  4. The Guardian

    Charlottesville Robert E Lee statue to be melted down and turned into public art (opens The Guardian)

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    City council votes to donate statue at center of Unite the Right rally to African American heritage center

  5. Greensboro News & Record

    Charlottesville, Va. gives Lee statue to Jefferson School, which plans to melt it down (opens Greensboro News & Record)

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    Greensboro News & Record's feed description

    The local African American museum plans to melt the statue down and transform it into a new work of public art.

  6. Washington Times

    Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down, turned into new art (opens Washington Times)

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    The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted down and turned into a new piece of public art by an African American heritage center.

  7. New York Times

    Charlottesville’s Statue of Robert E. Lee Will Soon Be Melted Down (opens New York Times)

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    The statue was the focus of a deadly white nationalist rally in 2017. Soon, it will be turned into a piece of public art by a local African American heritage center.

  8. The Hill

    Charlottesville Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down to create 'art that will reflect racial justice' (opens The Hill)

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    The Charlottesville, Va. city council on Tuesday unanimously approved for the statue of Confederate leader Robert E.

  9. Forbes

    Charlottesville Robert E. Lee Statue To Be Melted Down By African-American Heritage Center (opens Forbes)

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    The center plans to use the metal to create a new public artwork.

  10. Washington Examiner

    Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down and used for public art by African American heritage center (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, which was the center of violent protests in 2017, will be melted down and transformed into public art by an African American heritage center.

  11. Boston

    Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down for new art (opens Boston)

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    The Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue that drew protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted down and turned into new art.

  12. CBS News

    Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville will be melted down into artwork (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The statue will be given to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville.

  13. Townhall

    Not Content to Remove Statue of Robert E. Lee, Charlottesville Donates It to Group with Radical Plan (opens Townhall)

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    The fate over the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been decided. The City Council voted 4-0 Tuesday to donate the bronze statue to the

  14. WUSA9

    Charlottesville Robert E. Lee Confederate statue to be melted down (opens WUSA9)

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    The future of the statue now lies in the hands of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, which is in the planning stages of a $1.1M project.

  15. Fox News

    Charlottesville Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down for public art project (opens Fox News)

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    The city council of Charlottesville, Virginia, voted 4-0 Tuesday in favor of donating a controversial statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to an African American heritage center, which plans to melt down the statue and turn into a piece of public art.

  16. The Week

  17. FOX 5 DC

    Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville to be melted down, remade into art (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    The statue of confederate general Robert E. Lee that was at the center of the deadly Charlottesville demonstrations in 2017 is going to be destroyed and remade into art.

  18. Fox News

    Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down into new public artwork (opens Fox News)

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    The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted down and turned into a new piece of public art by an African American heritage center.

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