Statue of civil war general is due to be removed this month but local property owners are seeking to keep it in place
Photograph: Julia Rendleman/ReutersPhotograph: Julia Rendleman/ReutersConcrete barriers have been erected around a towering statue of civil war general Robert E Lee in Richmond, Virginia, hours after demonstrators tore down a different Confederate monument in the city.
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