Statue of Robert E. Lee

GPTKB entity

Properties (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf statue
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Confederate_flag
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
heritage tourism
Civil War reenactments
Lost Cause narrative
historical revisionism
Southern_identity
Confederate_memorials
Virginia's_Confederate_history
gptkbp:controversy debate_over_Confederate_monuments
gptkbp:depictedIn photographs
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkbp:discontinued September 8, 2021
gptkbp:featuredIn news articles
documentaries
gptkbp:formed 19th century
gptkbp:hasCollection gptkb:Virginia_Historical_Society
gptkbp:height 60 feet
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
gptkbp:historicalImpact national discourse on race
gptkbp:historicalPeriod interpretation_of_Civil_War_history
gptkbp:historicalSignificance symbol of division
controversial_figure_in_American_history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Statue of Robert E. Lee
gptkbp:influenced Southern_heritage
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:American_Romanticism
local politics
social movements
public sentiment
cultural shifts
European_sculpture
gptkbp:inscription To_the_Confederate_Army
gptkbp:is_funded_by private donations
gptkbp:isMaintainedBy gptkb:United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:material bronze
gptkbp:notable_artist gptkb:Henry_Merwin_Shrady
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Monument_Avenue
race_relations_in_America
Richmond's_cultural_landscape
Richmond's_history
Virginia's_historical_narrative
American_monument_landscape
Richmond's_public_spaces
Virginia's_public_art_collection
Virginia's_public_discourse
gptkbp:releasedIn May 29, 1890
gptkbp:replacedBy empty pedestal
gptkbp:style neoclassical
gptkbp:subject community discussions
academic studies
public protests
political debates
legal battles
gptkbp:surroundedBy other_Confederate_monuments
gptkbp:symbolizes historical memory
Confederate_heritage
division_in_American_society
gptkbp:visitedBy tourists