By AARON MORRISON
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — When rioters tore through the U.S. Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn’t encounter a statue of the most famous rebel general, Robert E. Lee.
The Lee statue, which represented the state of Virginia as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol for 111 years, had been removed just weeks before — one of at least 160 public Confederate symbols taken down or moved from public spaces in 2020…
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In this article:At Least 160 Confederate Symbols Taken Down In 2020, Confederate battle flags, Confederate symbols, National Statuary Hall Collection, Robert E. Lee, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC
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