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Introduction
The 21-foot statue of General Robert E. Lee on horseback, which is towered over the site since 1890, lifts off its 60-foot-tall graffiti plastered marble pedestal and begins to make its humble descent onto a flatbed truck. 160 years after the first shots were fired on Fort Suttner, Richmond, Virginia has begun to turn the page on a new story in which favorite son Robert E.Lee will be playing a much less glorious role.