<br /> <p>The city of Baltimore removed four confederate monuments around the city early on August 16, according to local reports</a>.</p><p>The Baltimore Sun reported</a> that the statues removed included the Robert E. Lee and “Stonewall” Jackson monument</a> in Wyman Park, the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument</a> on Mount Royal Avenue, the Confederate Women’s Monument</a> on West University Parkway and the Roger B. Taney Monument</a> on Mount Vernon Place.</p><p>The removal came after Baltimore City Council approved a plan</a> on Monday, August 14, to remove the four statues following violence the white supremacist rally</a> in Charlottesville on Saturday, August 12. Credit: Periscope/James MacArthur via Storyful</p><br />
