“They replaced the Robert E. Lee statue in New Orleans with this,” reads the caption on the post. “This is diabolical.” It was shared 50 times in two days.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Just a little over a month ago, the area around Richmond's iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was as quiet and sedate as the statue itself. But since the May 25 ...

“They replaced the Robert E. Lee statue in New Orleans with this,” reads the caption on the post. “This is diabolical.” It was shared 50 times in two days.

Artist Dustin Klein projects an image of sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois onto the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, June 18. REUTERS/Julia Rendleman [6/8] ...

FILE - This Tuesday, June 2, 2020 file photo shows a large group of protesters gather around the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue near downtown in Richmond, Va ...

Protesters climb on the base of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue on June 6, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia amid continued protests over the death of George Floyd in ...

The statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Ave. in Richmond VA, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has indicated that he wanted the statue removed from the historic street ...

Judge William R. Marchant of the Richmond Circuit Court prevented an effort to pull down the statue for 90 days while a lawsuit over whether doing so would violate a 19th century agreement is ...

Crews work to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in ...

As the battle over the future of the Richmond Robert E. Lee statue continues to play out in court, protesters against the memorial to the Confederate leader are planning a candlelight vigil Friday ...

RICHMOND, Va.—Richmond’s massive statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee will stay in place in the former capital of the Confederacy at least a while longer while a lawsuit over the governor’s plans to ...

Vandals struck the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, center, outside Duke Chapel on Duke University’s West Campus in mid-August 2017. The statue was later removed.