Virginia’s Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON — Workers have removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol. In place of Lee, the state commission has recommended installing a likeness of Barbara Johns, who as a 16-year-old in 1951 protested poor conditions at her all-Black high school in the town of Farmville.

Jack Mayer / Associated Press A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed from National Statuary Hall.