Removal of statues and monuments in Charlottesville

In April 2016, the city council appointed a special commission, named the Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Monuments and Public Spaces, to recommend to city officials how to best handle issues surrounding statues of Stonewall Jackson (Thomas Jonathan Jackson) in Court Square and Robert E. Lee in Lee Park, as well as other landmarks and monuments.

Early in November 2016, the Blue Ribbon Commission voted 6–3 to let both statues remain in place. On November 28, 2016, the Commission voted 7–2 to remove the Lee statue to McIntire Park in Charlottesville and 8–1 to keep the Jackson statue in place, delivering a final report with that recommendation to Charlottesville City Council in December.

See also

• Robert E. Lee (sculpture)
• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (sculpture)
• Thomas Jonathan Jackson (sculpture)
• Statue of Thomas Jefferson (University of Virginia)
• George Rogers Clark Statue (University of Virginia)