The most prominent Confederate statues in Richmond may have come down, but holdouts remain.

What's happening: More than two years after the city's reckoning with Confederate iconography began in earnest, legal wrangling continues over a memorial to A.P. Hill.

• The statue of the Confederate general stands in the middle of a North Richmond intersection.
• And a handful of smaller statues under state control still dot Capitol Square.

State of play: City leaders have been actively trying to remove the memorial to Hill for more than a year — a process that has been complicated by the fact that, unlike other memorials taken down, this one is also the general's burial place.

• Officials want to reinter Hill's remains in a cemetery in his hometown of Culpeper and donate the statue to the city's Black History Museum, the Washington Post reports.
• But a group claiming to be descended from Hill's family has filed a lawsuit challenging the plan, arguing in court filings that as a grave marker, the statue is "personal property" of the descendants.

What's next: A hearing has not yet been scheduled in the case.

• Legal experts told NBC12 that the case will likely hinge on whether the plaintiffs truly have standing to challenge the plan as descendants.

Meanwhile, three Confederate memorials remain on Capitol Square.

• The statues escaped scrutiny even as former Gov. Ralph Northam led an effort to remove the state-owned Robert E. Lee Monument and the General Assembly took on a smaller Capitol Square monument to segregationist Sen. Harry Flood Byrd.

What they're saying: Former Virginia Del. Jay Jones, who led the push to remove the Byrd statue, tells Axios that it was unclear who had authority to remove the three Confederate memorials because, unlike the Byrd statue, the General Assembly hadn't directed the original installations.

• Northam's former chief of staff, Clark Mercer, told the Post the administration didn't have time to untangle the issue: "Lee was our primary focus because that was the largest and most imposing monument to the Lost Cause in the world."

Gov. Glenn Youngkin's approval rating continues to hover around 50%, according to polling released by VCU's Wilder School this week.

Why it matters: The numbers show Youngkin has remained above water in the court of public opinion even as he's pursued an agenda Democrats have criticized as extreme and divisive.

• The survey results are consistent with other recent statewide polls.

Yes, but: Youngkin's approval rating is significantly lower than most other Virginia governors at this point in their term.

• Former Gov. Ralph Northam's approval rating was at 59%.
• Former Gov. Bob McDonnell was at 64%.
• And former Gov./current Sen. Tim Kaine was at 77%.

The one exception to the trend was former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, whose polling hovered from 44% to 50%.

What they're saying: University of Mary Washington political scientist Stephen Farnsworth tells Axios the numbers are mostly a reflection of the contentious political environment.

• "Voters are increasingly drawn to their partisan champions and hostile to the other side," he said. "That's long affected presidential approval ratings, and it increasingly looks to be shaping approval and disapproval of Virginia governors as well."

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On July 11, @itsrichmondbaby, an anonymous Instagram account, posted its first meme — a design 100% stolen from a local artist (scroll to the last slide) with the words:

State of play: Two weeks, 625 posts and 9,839 followers later, the account has gone (locally) viral, inspiring spoof accounts, hate comments and declarations that it's so over and long-since stopped being funny.

Much like the first meme posted, the person behind @itsrichmondbaby, who asked to remain anonymous to maintain the mystery of the account, tells Axios he's written none of them. After the first post, followers started writing their own and sending them in.

• He just shares them as they come, and they've come fast and furious in the 17 days since the account launched.

What they're saying: Crud City, the name Richmond artist Chase Beasley goes by online and whose original post inspired the account, tells Axios he likes the memes and sees them as "lowkey exposure."

The original concept came from something Beasley overheard a woman say to her young daughter outside of Ellwood Thompson's one day: "It's Richmond, baby, everybody's got style."

• He used "Doug" characters because the show setting was based on Richmond.

Our thought bubble: The whole thing is the most Richmond thing ever:

• It's Richmond, baby. Everybody's got love for you, until they don't.

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The Heart & Soul Brewfest is back this weekend, only now known as simply the Heart & Soul Fest and part of the Richmond Black Restaurant Experience.

Why it's the pick: Heart & Soul says it's Richmond's only festival that highlights soul and African cuisine, Urban Art, live hip hop and soul music, all rolled up in one festival.

Details: Tickets are $10, and VIP tickets are $50. The event is Saturday, July 30 from 3-10pm at City Stadium. Kids and dogs are welcome.