Richmond Mayor Calls For Removal Of City's Confederate Era Statues On Its Monument Ave.

RICHMOND, VA - AUGUST 23: A statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, unveild in 1907, stands in the middle of Monument Avenue August 23, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's Monument Avenue Commission -- composed of academics, historians and community leaders --will include an examination of the removal or relocation of some or all of the city's Confederate statues, which depict Civil War Gens. Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson; President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis; and Confederate naval commander Matthew Fontaine Maury. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)