Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is planning to announce on Thursday the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond.
The statue, located on Richmond’s well-known Monument Avenue, will be placed in storage, according to The Associated Press, which first reported on the announcement.
Protesters in Richmond have gathered at the Lee statue in recent days, calling for officials to tear it down.
There were more calls for the removal of Richmond’s Lee statue after the 2017 deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which was itself spurred by the planned removal of another statue honoring Lee.
On Wednesday, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced plans to introduce an ordinance that will remove all Confederate statues on Monument Avenue.
