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    Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues One Day After Voting On Issue

    Workers removed four statues linked to the Confederacy, hauling away monuments that honored Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Roger B. Taney, author of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott opinion.
    by Bill Chappell Aug 16, 2017 2 minutes

    In an overnight operation, workers removed Baltimore's high-profile statues linked to the Confederacy, using cranes and trucks to haul away monuments that honored Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Roger B. Taney, author of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott opinion.

    "It's done," Mayor Catherine Pugh said Wednesday, according to . "They needed to come down. My concern

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