‘BLM Take It Down’ painted around Soldiers and Sailors monument in Libby Hill

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - ‘BLM Take It Down’ was painted around the Soldiers and Sailors monument located in Libby Hill.

The monument was built in 1894 on 29th Street atop Libby Hill and has a bronze Confederate soldier standing on top of a towering pillar.

The Soldiers and Sailors monument will be one of the eleven Confederate monuments that will be taken down this week.