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- 1902 – Following various court challenges, the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in Taylor v. Commonwealth (1903) the new Virginia Constitution became law. The 1902 Constitution's severe restrictions of suffrage among both blacks and whites was proclaimed without submitting it to the people.
- 2021 – The Robert E. Lee Monument removed from Market Street Park located in the Albemarle and Charlottesville County Courthouse Historic District. The statue was commissioned in 1917 and dedicated in 1924, and in 1997 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One of four figurative Monumental Outdoor Sculpture by members of the National Sculpture Society donated by Paul Goodloe McIntire to the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia during the late City Beautiful Movement from 1919-1924.