The House has approved a bill to remove statues of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol.

JiZMak Da Gusha, longtime drummer of the heavy metal band, paid a visit to the controversial monument over the weekend, offering a few choice words to the Civil War general.

Trump's vow came as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Congress to remove statues of notable Confederacy members from Capitol Hill.

In recent days, amid an extraordinary outpouring of grief over Floyd's death, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has pledged to remove the Lee statue, while city leaders have also committed to taking down the other four Confederate memorials along Richmond's prestigious Monument Avenue.

The Democratic governor will direct the statue to be moved off its massive pedestal and put into storage while his administration seeks input on a new location.

He called Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant a "great general," too. But he spent plenty of time reflecting on the man's drinking habits.

John Kelly's remarks during a televised interview prompted an immediate backlash on Twitter.

The controversy over the statue sparked the Aug. 12 "Unite the Right" rally that descended into violent chaos in Charlottesville.

Statues and other monuments erected long ago evolve into symbols — often powerful symbols of wrongs committed in the past, writes Global National anchor Dawna Friesen.

Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday?