Four years after White supremacists rallied around a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, local authorities have announced they will take it down on Saturday.

A nearby statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson will also be jettisoned.

The City of Charlottesville installed temporary fencing on Friday around the statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and closed the streets around and between the Market Street and Court Square parks to public parki… https://t.co/E4LuiNS2F1

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The Charlottesville City Council had voted to remove both monuments in the days following the deadly ‘Unite The Right’ rally in 2017. Activists had challenged that effort, but they ultimately lost.

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The City of Charlottesville installed temporary fencing on Friday around the statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and closed the streets around and between the Market Street and Court Square parks to public parking on Saturday.

“Good luck tomorrow,” a city Parks and Recreation employee was overheard telling a city public works employee Friday in Court Square Park.

It is unclear if the statues will be demolished or relocated.

USA Today reports that “nearly 800 Confederate monuments were in the U.S. at the beginning of 2020, a number that dwindled to about 700 by the end of last year.”