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Loudoun Co. leader renews call to remove Confederate statue

By Kathy Stewart

WASHINGTON — Following the clash between white supremacists and protesters in Charlottesville that killed a woman when a car rammed into protesters and two troopers when their helicopter crashed while monitoring the skirmishes, a Loudoun County leader is calling for the removal of a Confederate statue in Leesburg. [related_gallery align=”right”]

The Loudoun Times-Mirror reports that Democrat Phyllis Randall, chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, is renewing a call to have a statue of a Confederate soldier, which sits on the grounds of the courthouse in Leesburg, moved. It’s an issue the board grappled with several years ago.

In June the Loudoun County NAACP made a push to have the statue moved.

The newspaper reports that Randall plans on asking the Virginia General Assembly during its new legislative session to give local jurisdictions the ability to remove statues or memorials. But her request would first have to be approved by the full board of county supervisors.

Currently, it is against the law in Virginia to disturb or remove monuments or memorials for war veterans.

Loudoun Co. unpaved roads make Va.’s endangered historic places list

By Neal Augenstein
Many people don't realize Loudoun County, Virginia, has 300 miles of unpaved roads until their car's navigation system takes them from a busy commuter route onto an unexpected gravel road. Preservation Virginia — a privately-funded, statewide historical preservation group — has added Loudoun County's rural road network to its "2020 Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Places" list.
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