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    An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed

    The Emancipation and Freedom Monument — two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant newly freed from slavery — will be unveiled in Richmond, the former Confederate capital.
    by Deepa Shivaram Sep 22, 2021 2 minutes
    The new Emancipation and Freedom Monument in Richmon, Va., features two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and woman holding an infant who have been newly freed from slavery.

    Two weeks after the 61-foot-tall statue of Robert E. Lee was removed in Richmond, Va., the former confederate capital city will become home a new statue, this one commemorating the abolition of slavery.

    The — designed by Thomas Jay Warren, a sculptor basedLucy Simms.

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