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Virginia Military Institute Removes Statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson
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Dec 7, 20201:22Now PlayingThe Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Monday, an effort initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the school.
Around 9:45 a.m., a crane plucked the statue, which some cadets were required to salute until several years ago, off its base and slowly hoisted it away at the public military college in Lexington.
A small crowd gathered amid snow flurries to look on.
The school's board voted to remove the statue in late October after The Washington Post published a story that described an "atmosphere of hostility and cultural insensitivity" at VMI.
The piece detailed incidents such as lynching threats and a white professor reminiscing in class about her father's Ku Klux Klan membership.
Founded in 1839, VMI says it is the oldest state-supported military college in the U.S.
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