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Photos for September 9, 2021

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Published on September 9, 2021	Workers carefully lower to the ground Wednesday the 12-ton bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the large stone pedestal on Monument Avenue … Published on September 9, 2021	Devon Henry, president and chief executive officer of the Newport News-based Team Henry Enterprises, hugs his mother, Freda Thornton, after the Lee statue came down … Published on September 9, 2021
Published on September 9, 2021	Published on September 9, 2021	Onlookers cheer and take pictures as the Lee statue is lowered to the ground and dismantled by workers on Wednesday before being transported to a … Published on September 9, 2021
Published on September 9, 2021	Published on September 9, 2021	Onlookers raise their fists in the air in solidarity with the removal of the towering statue at Monument and Allen avenues. Published on September 9, 2021
Published on September 9, 2021	Published on September 9, 2021	Virginia Union University players work to protect Panthers’ quarterback Khalid Morris on the snap. Published on September 9, 2021
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Published on September 9, 2021	Mr. Reese Published on September 9, 2021	Virginia State University wide receiver Javon LaPierre slips past the Lenoir-Rhyne defense with an 82-yard punt return to the Lenoir-Rhyne 8 yard line during last … Published on September 9, 2021
Trenton Cannon, a former VSU standout from Hampton who played with the NFL’s New York Jets in 2018, watches last Saturday’s game from the Trojans’ … Published on September 9, 2021	Published on September 9, 2021	Published on September 9, 2021
Naomi Osaka returns a shot to Leylah Fernandez of canada during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships last Friday in New York. Published on September 9, 2021	Published on September 9, 2021	Mr. Blount Published on September 9, 2021
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Published on September 9, 2021	Coach Hayes celebrates 1977 CIAA title at Bowman-Gray Stadium. Published on September 9, 2021	Published on September 9, 2021