Charlottesville Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy takes photos Wednesday as city workers shroud the statue of Confederate Stonewall Jackson with a black tarp. The council voted Tuesday to cover Confederate statues in Justice Park and Emancipation Park in memorial to Heather Heyer, who was killed Aug. 12 during a violent rally by white nationalists protesting the council’s planned removal of the statues.
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Confederate statues go black in Charlottesville
Workers in Charlottesville draped giant black tarps over two statues of Confederate generals on Wednesday to symbolize the city’s mourning for Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old paralegal who was killed while protesting a white nationalist rally. The work began around 1 p.m. in Emancipation Park, where a towering monument of Robert E. Lee on horseback stands. Workers gathered around the monument with a large black covering. Some stood in cherry-pickers and others used ropes and poles to cover the statue as onlookers took photos and video.
