America Letter: Monuments to confederate forces in the Civil War another symbol of division in America
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Richmond’s empty pedestals symbolise the US’s unfinished business of race
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The Masters is golf’s only Major to annually return to the same famous host course
The unfinished business of slavery, emancipation and Civil War is still playing itself out
World View: The decision to build a public monument is always a political act
America Letter: Militarised capital site of skirmishes in zone which is district not state
Statues honouring the losing Confederate side are seen as an attempt to reclaim a lost and noble cause despite the south’s support for slavery
City council in Charlottesville told it cannot remove statues of generals Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson
America Letter: memories of the state capital’s dark past are never far from the surface
White nationalist James Alex Fields Jr killed Heather Heyer and injured dozens
Statue, erected in 1913 and known as Silent Sam, fell after nightfall
White nationalists find themselves outnumbered by opponents, police and media
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