Richmond’s Confederate monuments to be given to city’s black history museum

An enormous statue of General Robert E Lee is among the monuments to be given to Richmond’s black history museum (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia and Richmond officials on Thursday announced a tentative agreement to transfer ownership of the city’s now mostly removed Confederate monuments to the Black History Museum and Cultural Centre of Virginia.

Included in the transfer would be an enormous statue of General Robert E Lee that was removed earlier this year, as well as the 40-foot-tall pedestal that held it. Pedestal removal work at the site is still underway.