Media Robert E. Lee statue melted in secret, 'symbolic' ceremony, to be remade into 'inclusive' public art Lee statue's proposed removal sparked 'Unite the Right' rally in 2017 By Alexander Hall ...

Workers at a foundry heat pieces of the Robert E. Lee statue. It is being melted down and poured into ingots which will later be used to create a new art exhibition in Charlottesville, Va.

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.

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.

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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 divisive Confederate monument, the focus of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017, was melted down in secret and will become a new piece of public art.

Workers remove the monument of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on July 10, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va. The removal of the Lee statue follows years of contention, community anguish and legal fights.

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 turned into new art.