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Two Confederate generals&#39; statues were removed public parks in Charlottesville, almost four years after a deadly far-right rally was held in the US city.</p>
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Online videos showed a crowd on Saturday gathered to watch machinery lifting the statue of Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park and then the statue of Thomas J. &quot;Stonewall&quot; Jackson from Court Square Park, reports Xinhua news agency.</p>
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Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker spoke at Saturday&#39;s gathering, calling the removal &quot;one small step forward&quot; in an effort to dismantle white supremacy.</p>
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Both statues will be placed in storage, said a CNN report.</p>
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Confederate statues have become a contentious issue across the US in recent years, as left-leaning groups say they are the remnants of a horrid past of slavery while white nationalists rally to protect the statues.</p>
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In August 2017, the far-right rally held in Charlottesville attracted national attention when white supremacists, fascists and neo-Nazis violently clashed with counter-protesters, leaving one woman dead and multiple people injured.</p>
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