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Taking down Richmond's last Confederate memorials

Taking down Richmond's last Confederate memorials

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Mayor Levar Stoney is laying the groundwork for a final purge of Confederate memorials from city property.

Why it matters: The big monuments might have come down, but the city is still littered with street, building and park names honoring the Confederacy and its supporters.