City workers installed a fence around a confederate marker at the Department of Public Works substation in the 2400 block of Wise Street. The upgrades to the shrine, which references Confederate soldiers who died at a nearby hospital, cost more than $16,000.
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Community advocate raises concerns about City’s new Confederate shrine
Even as Mayor Levar M. Stoney and City Council revive a citizen commission to help Richmond eliminate slavery-defending Confederate names from streets and bridges, the city Department of Public Utilities has created a new shrine to fallen Civil War rebels.
