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After years of contention and strife, the legal case over two Charlottesville City Council votes to remove two Confederate statues will go to trial this week, though the major issues already have been mostly resolved.

The twin votes caused anger among those who see the statues as representative of their own family history and those who see Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as key figures in support of their white supremacist viewpoints.

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