Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley Cavedo issued an injunction on Monday, preventing Virginia Governor Ralph Northam from removing the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond.
The injunction was sought by William Gregory, the great-grandson of Roger and Bettie Gregory, parties to the 1890 deed in which the Commonwealth of Virginia “accepted the conveyance and guaranteed to hold said statue and pedestal and circle of ground sacred.” Further, the deed requires that Virginia “faithfully guard it and affectionately protect it.”
