Iconoclasts melted Robert E. Lee's statue. Here's what they'll deform his bronze into.

Iconoclasts melted Robert E. Lee's statue. Here's what they'll deform his bronze into.

Five years ago, Charlottesville's nearly century-old Robert E. Lee statue was torn down, chopped up, and melted at the urging of woke iconoclasts. The remains are now destined to be further deformed into an African symbol by a black identitarian.How it startedPaul Goodloe McIntire, one of Charlottesville's top individual benefactors if not its greatest, commissioned several statues for the city in the early 20th century including one depicting R…

Gen. Lee’s statue in Charlottesville gets melted down, ‘reimagined’ by leftists not from Charlottsville

by WorldTribune Staff, July 15, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Having successfully removed and melted down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park in Charlottesville, Virginia’s leftists have reportedly tasked the job of a “reimagined” piece of art to leftists who are not from Charlottesville. The bronze metal will be […]

Iconoclasts melted Robert E. Lee’s statue. Here’s what they’ll deform his bronze into.

Five years ago, Charlottesville’s nearly century-old Robert E. Lee statue was torn down, chopped up, and melted at the urging of woke iconoclasts. The remains are now destined to be further deformed into an African symbol by a black identitarian. How it started Paul Goodloe McIntire, one of Charlottesville’s top individual benefactors if not its...