Pressure to take down America's monuments honoring slain Confederate soldiers and the generals who led them didn't start with Charlottesville. But the deadly violence that rocked the Virginia college town a year ago gave the issue an explosive momentum.
Charlottesville gave momentum to Confederate monument foes
At least 30 removed since deadly violence
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