<p>A century ago, the so-called City Beautiful movement was all the rage. The goal was to make cities nice-looking with parks and monuments to by-gone eras. Stockbroker and philanthropist Paul McIntire hired New York artist Henry Shrady to create a huge Robert E. Lee statue for a new whites-only park in downtown Charlottesville.</p>

A century ago, the so-called City Beautiful movement was all the rage. The goal was to make cities nice-looking with parks and monuments to by-gone eras. Stockbroker and philanthropist Paul McIntire hired New York artist Henry Shrady to create a huge Robert E. Lee statue for a new whites-only park in downtown Charlottesville.

Week of Novermber 17: Shrady agrees to make Robert E. Lee statue

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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Week of Novermber 17: Shrady agrees to make Robert E. Lee statue