At Ready (statue)
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At Ready (1909) is a memorial of a Confederate soldier originally located in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. The statue, popularly known as "Johnny Reb,"{{Cite web|title=Here are the (mostly Confederate) mementos in Johnny Reb's time capsule|url=https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/here-are-the-mostly-confederate-mementos-in-johnny-rebs-time-capsule/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=www.cvilletomorrow.org|date=11 September 2020 }} and accompanying objects were removed on September 12, 2020.{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Derrick Bryson|title=Confederate Statue Near Site of White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Is Removed|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|date=12 September 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/us/charlottesville-confederate-statue-at-ready.html|access-date=2020-09-16|issn=0362-4331}} The statue and nearby cannon, and cannonballs were removed to be placed on display at the Third Winchester Battlefield, part of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District.
History
The statue was unveiled on May 5, 1909, the anniversary of the 1857 creation of the Monticello Guard,{{Cite journal|date=March 15, 1909|title=May Fifth Date Selected|journal=Daily Progress|location=Charlottesville, VA|pages=1, 8}} a militia company in Charlottesville that formed in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse when Virginia seceded from the union in 1861, and became part of the 19th Virginia Infantry.
= Relocation =
On August 6, 2020, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to remove the statue.{{Cite web|last=Marcilla|first=Max|title=Albemarle County to remove "At Ready" confederate statue following public hearing|url=https://www.nbc29.com/2020/08/06/albemarle-county-remove-ready-confederate-statue-following-public-hearing/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=nbc29.com|date=7 August 2020 |language=en-US}} While several Virginia communities removed monuments in 2020 due to safety concerns amidst widespread protests, Albemarle was the first locality to remove a war memorial under the procedures of a recently passed statues bill that went into effect on July 1, 2020.{{Cite news|last=Schneider|first=Gregory S.|title=Confederate statue taken down in Charlottesville near the site of violent 2017 rally|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/charlottesville-confederate-statue-removed/2020/09/11/f3f6ee24-f2b4-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html|access-date=2020-09-16|issn=0190-8286}} The statue was gone in September 2020.{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Jessie |title='Johnny Reb' is gone — Here's the status of the 5 other Charlottesville-area statues activists want removed |url=https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/johnny-reb-is-gone-heres-the-status-of-the-5-other-charlottesville-area-statues-activists-want-removed |website=www.cvilletomorrow.org |date=September 15, 2020}}
See also
- Albemarle County Courthouse Historic District
- Charlottesville historic monument controversy
- {{section link|List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests#Virginia}}
References
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