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131-year-old Confederate statue removed from Alexandria intersection

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June 2, 2020 at 11:10 a.m. EDT
“Appomattox,” a bronze statue commemorating Confederate soldiers, is removed from the intersection of Prince and Washington streets in Alexandria. (Justin Wilson)

The Confederate statue “Appomattox,” which depicts a southern-facing Civil War soldier and has stood in an Alexandria intersection for 131 years, was removed Tuesday morning, a month earlier than planned.

Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson (D) said the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which owns the statue, opted to remove the memorial a month ahead of schedule because of demonstrations nationwide in which segregation-era statues have been vandalized.