A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was a focal point of a deadly white nationalist protest in 2017 has been melted down and will be repurposed into new works of art.

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which was removed from Charlottesville, Va.'s Market Street Park in 2021, has been melted down so that it can be turned into a new art installation.

Charlottesville, Va., approved a plan to melt down a Robert E. Lee statue — central in a deadly and violent white nationalist rally five years ago — and put a public art installation in its place.

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once at the center of the deadly 2017 White nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been melted down.

The red, heart-shaped sculpture atop the Harmony Circle column was the first artwork to replace the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee – now it’s been removed ...

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was a focal point of a deadly white nationalist protest in 2017 has been melted down and will be repurposed into new works of art.

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The statue of Robert E. Lee is removed from Lee Circle in New Orleans in 2017. IMAGE PROVIDED BY PBS The landmark was long seen by many as a relic of the city’s racist history.

Artist Bryce Cobbs shakes hands with Lacks family attorney Ben Crump at unveiling of preliminary Henrietta Lacks statue design in ... previously named Lee Plaza after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

A foundry worker using a plasma torch prepares to cut the head of Charlottesville’s bronze monument of Robert E. Lee in preparation for melting the statue, Oct. 21, 2023.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was a focal point of a deadly white nationalist protest in 2017 has been melted down and will be repurposed into new works ...