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Richmond's Jefferson Davis statue on the move

  • Aug 20, 2025
  • Aug 20, 2025 Updated Feb 25, 2026
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On Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, the Jefferson Davis statue was packed up at The Valentine to be transported to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles for an upcoming exhibit.

Pulled down by protestors on June 10, 2020, sprayed with pink paint and layered with graffiti, it has become a symbol in Richmond’s reckoning with its past. 

(4) updates to this series since Updated Feb 25, 2026

PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis statue packed up for Los Angeles

PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis statue packed up for Los Angeles

On Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, the Jefferson Davis statue was packed up at The Valentine to be transported to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lo…

Some of Richmond's Confederate monuments are headed to Los Angeles

Some of Richmond's Confederate monuments are headed to Los Angeles

The artifacts will be part of an exhibit called MONUMENTS, which will open in October and will include other monument artifacts from Montgomery, Alabama; New Orleans; Baltimore; Pittsburgh; and Boston.

PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis Monument, then and now

PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis Monument, then and now

One in a series of photo galleries looking at the monuments removed from Richmond's Monument Avenue.

PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis statue from Monument Avenue on display at The Valentine

PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis statue from Monument Avenue on display at The Valentine

The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by prote…

PHOTOS: Workers dismantle Jefferson Davis Monument

PHOTOS: Workers dismantle Jefferson Davis Monument

Workers dismantle the Jefferson Davis Monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Va., Thurs., Feb. 8, 2022.

Statue of Jefferson Davis torn down on Monument Avenue

Statue of Jefferson Davis torn down on Monument Avenue

The statue of Jefferson Davis on Monument Avenue in Richmond was torn down late Wednesday night.

Richmond's monuments still sitting at wastewater plant 5 years later

Richmond's monuments still sitting at wastewater plant 5 years later

“You can keep your monuments,” said Del. Mike Jones, D-Richmond, who was Richmond’s 9th District City Councilman from 2017 until 2024. “S--- didn’t change when they came down.”

Jefferson Davis statue leaves for 6 months to LA museum

Jefferson Davis statue leaves for 6 months to LA museum

The statue of Jefferson Davis toppled by protestors in 2020 was packed up and shipped off to a Los Angeles Museum on Tuesday.

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