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LEXINGTON — The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors voted unanimously Thursday to move the statue of Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson from its central location on post.
Until several years ago, its students were required to salute a statue of Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who taught at VMI and owned six enslaved people. Kaleb Tucker ...
The parade ground at Virginia Military Institute, shown on August 16, 2021, centered on a statue of George C. Marshall in the left foreground. The Stonewall Jackson Arch in the right midground ...
Cadets gather outside the stone arch bearing Stonewall Jackson's name.Jared Soares for TIME The Jackson statue occupied a central position in front of the hulking, Gothic barracks that house VMI ...
The Virginia Military Institute, which was pressured last year to remove a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson, took more steps to reduce its lingering tributes to the Civil War ...
(NEW YORK) — The Virginia Military Institute removed the statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson from its Lexington campus on Monday following allegations from Black cadets of ...
The Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Monday, a project initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled ...
It will be relocated to the Virginia Museum of... The Virginia Military Institute removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Monday morning. A small group watched as the ...
The Virginia Military Institute removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Monday morning. A small group watched as the bronze figure was hoisted off its pedestal in front ...
The Virginia Military Institute has removed the statue of Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson from campus after allegations of racial injustice and discrimination rocked the campus this ...
The Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Monday, a project initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled ...
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute began work Monday to remove a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, an effort initiated this fall after ...