Virginia Supreme Court

September 2nd, 2021 – The Virginia Supreme Court Rules That The General Robert Edward Lee Monument In Richmond, Virginia May Be Removed

Hamilton Historical Records

On September 2nd, 2021, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Governor Ralph Northam’s order to have the General Robert Edward Lee Monument would stand. The plaintiffs, represented by former Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat McSweeney, claimed that the original covenant superseded any order for the removal of the General Lee Monument. This lawsuit originally began when a decendant of General Lee filed suit. When the family member dropped out of the case, give additional property owners were added. To date, there is a possibility of this case being appealed to the United States Supreme Court.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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