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Unauthorized plaques placed on Monument Avenue statues

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A small wooden plaque noting the civil rights battle of Mildred and Richard Loving was affixed with bolts to the fence around the J.E.B. Stuart monument on Friday. A local group which typically responds to occasional vandalism at the historic statues, paced a protective walk around the fixture while carrying Confederate flags. Credit: DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH
A Richmond city worker removes a small wooden plaque noting the civil rights battle of Barbara Johns that was attached with bolts to the fence around the Jefferson Davis statue. Credit: DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH

By: Times-Dispatch Staff | Times-Dispatch
Published: December 17, 2011

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A plaque noting the civil rights battle of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving was found Friday on the fence around the J.E.B. Stuart statue on Monument Avenue.

A local group that typically responds to occasional vandalism of the street’s monuments then paced a protective walk around the fixture while carrying Confederate flags.

Signs also were attached to the Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson statues. No one has claimed responsibility for placing the plaques.

Hanging anything on monuments violates city policy, so city workers removed the plaques.