Patricia N. Saffran, Lee Statue in Purgatory Awaiting its Fate in Charlottesville

 Patricia N. Saffran The Charlottesville VA court case of December 2021, deciding the fate of the valuable 1924 Shrady/Lentelli Robert E Lee Equestrian monument has been postponed. At present, the bronze statue is sitting in storage in a secret location in an unknown number of pieces. The Plaintiffs, the Trevilian Station Battlefield Foundation and the Ratcliffe Foundation, say cutting up and melting down the the statue was illegal. They want the City to recomplete and restore the statue, or find alternative uses for the bronze such as turning the pieces…