Workers delicately remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol following a recommendation last week by a state commission that it be replaced with a statue of the late teen civil rights activist Barbara R. Johns. The Lee statue was one of two representing Virginia in the U.S. Capitol and among 13 located in the Crypt of the Capitol, representing the 13 original colonies. At the request of the commission, the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond has accepted ownership of the statue.
