Clarification: The melting of the monument was carried out as part of the “Swords into Plowshares” project organized by Dr. Andrea Douglas and Dr. Jalane Schmidt.
This past Saturday, after multiple lawsuits and various other roadblocks, the Robert E. Lee monument that once stood in downtown Charlottesville was melted down in …
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