Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art
![Foundry workers at an undisclosed location begin the long process of disassembling and melting down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The statue was a focal point of deadly riots in Charlottesville, Va. in 2017.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/10/26/lee-melting-2_wide-6cad8e91ca35e68bdb76ef8f66131c21d3ffa5e1.jpg?s=600)
A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.
(Image credit: Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares)
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