The statue met its end at an undisclosed location in a 2,250-degree furnace.
What’s happening: A casting of Robert E. Lee that presided over downtown Charlottesville for nearly a century has been reduced to bronze ingots.
| A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was melted down at a secret ceremony, part of a project called Swords into Plowshares. Plans to remove the statue sparked the Unite the Right rally in 2017, and the removal was completed four years later. A team from the University of Virginia and a local museum created the plan to melt the statue into bronze ingots and create a new piece of public art. The plan was kept quiet in order to avoid “threats and legal action,” according to one report. |
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