Editing Robert E. Lee (section)

====Unite the Right rally and removal of monuments====
[[File:Lee Removal.jpg|thumb|left|The removal of Lee's statue from [[Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans, Louisiana)|a monument]] in New Orleans]]
In February 2017, the City Council of [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], voted to remove a [[Robert Edward Lee (sculpture)|sculpture of Lee]], who has no historical link to the city, as well as one of Stonewall Jackson. This was temporarily stayed by court action, though the city did rename Lee Park: first to Emancipation Park, then later to Market Street Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Council Meeting (video)|date=July 18, 2018|access-date=October 25, 2018|url=http://charlottesville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1308&meta_id=31074}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The prospect of the statues being removed and the parks being renamed brought many out-of-towners, described as [[white supremacist]] and [[alt-right]], to Charlottesville in the [[Unite the Right rally]] of August 2017, in which 3 people died. As of July 2021, the statue [[Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia)#Removal|has been permanently removed]]. The statue was melted in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Neus |first=Nora |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Robert E Lee statue that sparked Charlottesville riot is melted down: 'Like his face was crying' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/26/charlottesville-robert-e-lee-melted-confederate-statue |access-date=October 27, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

[[File:Robert E Lee Stain Glass.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Stained glass]] of Lee's life in the [[Washington National Cathedral|National Cathedral]] (removed in 2017)]]
Several other statues and monuments to Lee were removed in the aftermath of the incident, including:
* A {{convert|60|ft|m|0|adj=on}}-tall [[Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans, Louisiana)|monument]] in the center of [[Lee Circle]] (formerly Tivoli Circle) in [[New Orleans]]. Installed in 1884, it featured a {{convert|16.5|ft|adj=on}} bronze statue of Lee on a marble column. Former Confederate soldier [[George Washington Cable]] described it in a tribute: "His arms are folded on that breast that never knew fear, and his calm, dauntless gaze meets the morning sun as it rises."<ref>''Silent South'', 1885, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine</ref> The statue was removed on May 19, 2017, the last of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans to be taken down.<ref name="guardian-19may2017">{{cite news|title=New Orleans removes its final Confederate-era statue|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/19/new-orleans-robert-e-lee-statue-removed-confederacy|access-date=May 22, 2017|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 19, 2017}}</ref>
* A [[stained-glass window]] in the [[Washington National Cathedral]], showing Lee on horseback at [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]], as well as one in honor of Stonewall Jackson.<ref name="Boorstein">Michelle Boorstein, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/09/06/washington-national-cathedral-to-remove-stained-glass-windows-honoring-robert-e-lee-stonewall-jackson/ Washington National Cathedral to remove stained glass windows honoring Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson], ''Washington Post'' (September 6, 2017).</ref> Sponsored by the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]], they were installed in 1953 and removed in September 2017.<ref>Bill Chappell, [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/06/548929726/national-cathedral-is-removing-stained-glass-windows-honoring-confederate-leader National Cathedral Is Removing Stained-Glass Windows Honoring Confederate Leaders], NPR (September 6, 2017).</ref> The cathedral plans to keep the windows and eventually display them in historical context.<ref name="Boorstein"/>
* A bust of Lee in the [[Hall of Fame for Great Americans]] (the first Hall of Fame in the United States, completed 1900), in what is now [[Bronx Community College]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Zoe |title=Confederate general busts at Bronx Community College will be removed (updated) |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/8/16/16158414/bronx-community-college-confederate-busts-nyc |website=[[Curbed]] |language=en |date=August 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barron |first1=James |title=Why the Hall of Fame for Great Americans Is 'At Risk' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/nyregion/hall-of-fame-bronx-sculptures.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 5, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Statue of Robert E. Lee (Austin, Texas)|A bronze statue of Lee]] which had been on display at the [[University of Texas at Austin]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/us/texas-austin-confederate-statues.html|title=University of Texas at Austin Removes Confederate Statues in Overnight Operation|first=Jonah Engel|last=Bromwich|date=August 21, 2017|access-date=August 21, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-texas-removes-four-confederate-statues-overnight-n794411|title=University of Texas removes four Confederate statues overnight|newspaper=[[NBC News]]|agency=Associated Press|date=August 21, 2017|access-date=August 21, 2017}}</ref> and [[Robert E. Lee (Proctor)|another]], with his horse Traveller, in Robert E. Lee Park in [[Dallas]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Curry |first1=Rex |title=Dallas removes Robert E. Lee's statue from city park |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dallas-statue/dallas-removes-robert-e-lees-statue-from-city-park-idUSKCN1BQ07Z |website=[[Reuters]] |language=en |date=September 15, 2017}}</ref>