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Richmond to remove its last public Confederate monument

The statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill stands before being taken off its pedestal on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. The statue was erected in 1891. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney speaks to the press about the removal of the statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers remove the bronze statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) The bronze statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill is removed from its pedestal on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers begin to lay the bronze statue of Confederate General A.P. Hill onto a flatbed truck on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. Workers are still planning to exhume the remains of General Hill which located inside the base of the statue. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) The statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill stands before being taken off its pedestal on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. The statue was erected in 1891. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney speaks to the press about the removal of the statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers remove the bronze statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) The bronze statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill is removed from its pedestal on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers begin to lay the bronze statue of Confederate General A.P. Hill onto a flatbed truck on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. Workers are still planning to exhume the remains of General Hill which located inside the base of the statue. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) The statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill stands before being taken off its pedestal on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. The statue was erected in 1891. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney speaks to the press about the removal of the statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers remove the bronze statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) The bronze statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill is removed from its pedestal on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers begin to lay the bronze statue of Confederate General A.P. Hill onto a flatbed truck on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. Workers are still planning to exhume the remains of General Hill which located inside the base of the statue. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) The statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill stands before being taken off its pedestal on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. The statue was erected in 1891. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney speaks to the press about the removal of the statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers remove the bronze statue of Confederate Lieutenant General A.P. Hill on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) The bronze statue of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill is removed from its pedestal on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) Workers begin to lay the bronze statue of Confederate General A.P. Hill onto a flatbed truck on Monday Dec. 12, 2022 in Richmond, Va. Workers are still planning to exhume the remains of General Hill which located inside the base of the statue. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)
Richmond to remove its last public Confederate monument