Charlottesville's Statue Of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Melted Down

UNSPECIFIED - OCTOBER 21: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Location withheld due to security concerns.) A worker picks up a sword that was part of a bronze monument to Civil War General Robert E. Lee that formerly stood in Charlottesville, Virginia before it is melted at a foundry on October 21, 2023 at an undisclosed location in the American South. As part of the "Swords Into Plowshares" project, the statue was melted down with the intention to use the metal to make a new public artwork. (Photo by Eze Amos/Getty Images)