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George Floyd Hologram Memorial Unveiled In Virginia As It’s Projected Over A Confederate Monument

<p>It has been a few months since the unfortunate passing of George Floyd&period; Nonetheless&comma; his memory has been honored in many ways&comma; and the latest venture includes a hologram memorial that was unveiled Tuesday night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;8a98ef45f557256474814d03d7d89066">Associated Press<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; George Floyd’s family witnessed the unveiling of the hologram memorial as it was projected over the statue of Confederate General Robert E&period; Lee&period; This was just the first of the George Floyd Hologram Memorial Project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the press release&comma; it states that the project is meant to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;transform spaces that were formerly occupied by racist symbols of America’s dark Confederate past into a message of hope&comma; solidarity and forward-thinking change&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The project&comma; which is a collaboration between Change&period;org and The George Floyd Foundation&comma; will make an appearance in other cities such as North Carolina and Georgia mirroring the route of the 1961 Freedom Rides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sylvia Rolle&comma; the senior campaigner at Change&period;org said&comma;&&num;8221&semi; This project seeks to replace the monuments of racist confederate memory with symbols of solidarity and justice&period; he nearly 20 million signers and supporters of Kellen’s &OpenCurlyQuote;Justice for George Floyd’ petition are demanding a new path for our country and new heroes to honor with historical memory&period; In collaboration with the family of George Floyd and the George Floyd Foundation&comma; this project aims to reflect the power and beauty of those millions of voices standing up for change&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1288316102066438148" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As you all know&comma; George Floyd was killed back in May&comma; and his death was captured on camera as he pleaded with a Minneapolis officer to get off of his neck because he couldn&&num;8217&semi;t breathe&period; Following his death&comma; there were many protests throughout the world that erupted as people demanded that justice be served&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;statue-of-stonewall-jackson-removed-from-richmonds-monument-avenue&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; the Confederate monuments in Richmond are scheduled to be removed&period; The decision was made in the wake of the protests&period; Earlier this month&comma; the statue of Stonewall Jackson was removed from Richmond&&num;8217&semi;s Monument Avenue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the time&comma; Mayor Levar Stoney commented on the removal of the statues and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Those statues stood high for over 100 years for a reason&comma; and it was to intimidate and to show Black and brown people in this city who was in charge&period; I think the healing can now begin in the city of Richmond&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Back in June&comma; Governor Ralph Northam also ordered the removal of the Robert E&period; Lee statue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span class&equals;"s1">click here to join&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Jade Ashley &commat;Jade&lowbar;Ashley94<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"62939" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;george-floyd-hologram-memorial-unveiled-in-virginia-as-its-projected-over-a-confederate-monument&sol;" data-secure&equals;"c4f3441ad3"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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