Contractors prepare to remove the statue of Stonewall Jackson Wednesday. (Credit: Mallory Noe-Payne / RADIO IQ)
Contractors began removing Confederate monuments located on city-owned land in Richmond Wednesday afternoon. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
Richmond Begins Removing Confederate Monuments
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