AdvertisementCharlottesville Rally Aimed To Defend A Confederate Statue. It May Have Doomed OthersAugust 14, 2017Colin DwyerfacebookEmailThe statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stands in the center of Emancipation Park the day after violence broke out in Charlottesville, Va. The "Unite the Right" rally aimed to save the statue, which the city council has voted to remove. But several cities have now reacted to the rally by hastening the removal of their own Confederate monuments. (Getty Images)