Statue of confederate naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury who invented the explosive mine is removed from Richmond’s confederacy row
- Crane pulled a statue of Naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury from its base
- The Maury statue, unveiled in 1929, depicts Maury seated in a chair
- Maury headed the coast, harbor and river defenses for the Confederate Navy
- Two cannons were also removed from Monument Avenue on Thursday
- Comes a day after statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson was removed
Work crews have removed a second Confederate monument in two days on Richmond's Monument Avenue.
Protesters camped outside Robert E. Lee's memorial on the famous avenue overnight on Thursday as the city rushes to take down statues that have long been seen as symbols of slavery and oppression.
A crowd cheered as a crane pulled a statue of Naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury from its base yesterday.
The Matthew Fontaine Maury monument is removed by workers in Richmond, Virginia, above and below
It comes as the city rushes to take down statues that have long been seen as symbols of slavery and oppression
A crowd cheered as a crane pulled a statue of Naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury from its base on Thursday
The Matthew Fontaine Maury monument is removed by workers in Richmond, Virginia, left and right
Frank Hunt holds his daughter Egypt, aged 1, by the General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, as the city continues to take down Confederate statues
A man jumps by a basketball hoop as the sun sets behind the General Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond
The sun sets behind the General Robert E. Lee statue. Black Lives Matter protesters camped out at Robert E. Lee's memorial on Monument Avenue on Thursday as the city continues to dismantle Confederate statues
It comes a day after crews removed a statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson on an order from Mayor Levar Stoney to remove all Confederate statues on city land.
Black Lives Matter protesters camped out at Robert E. Lee's memorial on Monument Avenue on Thursday as the city continues to dismantle Confederate statues.
The Maury statue, unveiled in 1929, depicts Maury seated in a chair with a large globe above him. It was the last of five Confederate monuments erected on Richmond's famed Monument Avenue.
Maury headed the coast, harbor and river defenses for the Confederate Navy. He was a leader in the fields of naval meteorology and navigation.
In his role as Navy commander, Maury helped develop the first electrically controlled naval mine, which caused havoc for Union shipping.
Two cannons were also removed from Monument Avenue on Thursday.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that a plaque on one of the cannons said it marks the location of the second line of the Confederate defenses of Richmond and was placed there in 1938 at the request of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society.
The second cannon's marker says it marks the spot where in 1861 'a large earthwork of the inner line of defense was constructed.'
Stoney called for the removal of the statues last month amid raucous protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
On Wednesday, Stoney ordered the immediate removal of the statues, citing the continuing demonstrations and concerns that protesters could get hurt if they tried to bring down the enormous statues themselves.
Last month, Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the removal of Richmond's most prominent Confederate statue - a monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee on state property - but the removal has been at least temporarily blocked by a lawsuit.
Richmond - the formal capital of the Confederacy - has about a dozen Confederate statues.
Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis last month, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd at the hand of police officers. Another large monument slated for removal is a statue of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart.
A worker secures the statue of Confederate Naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury to a truck on Monument Avenue
orkers remove the statue of Confederate Naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury on Monument Avenue, Thursday, July 2
An empty pedestal remains where a statue of Confederate naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury was removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond
A cannon statue memorialising the US Confederacy is removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia on July 2
Two cannons and a figure depicting Confederate naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury were removed throughout the morning
Otesa Miles and her children Jazz, 14, Jace, 11, and Just, 9, take a selfie as the Matthew Fontaine Maury monument is removed by workers in Richmond, Virginia
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