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    Shrouds Pulled From Charlottesville Confederate Statues, Following Ruling

    The coverings, which had been in place since a white supremacist rally in the Virginia city ended in bloodshed last August, were ordered removed by a judge on Tuesday.
    by Amy Held Feb 28, 2018 2 minutes
    The shroud that had obscured the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Va.'s, Emancipation Park since August was removed Wednesday morning. A judge ruled the shroud, as well as one over a Stonewall Jackson monument in a second park, was obstructing the right of the public to view the memorials.

    One day after a circuit court judge ruled that the tarps draped over controversial confederate statues in Charlottesville, Va., be removed, the city says it complied, lifting the coverings early Wednesday morning.

    The statues of Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson — both military heroes of the Confederacy — had been hidden under the cloths following.

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