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Joan Cobbs, left, sister of civil rights legend Barbara Johns, shakes hands with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, right, after a portrait of Barbara Johns, center, was unveiled in the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Sept. 17, 2010. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

U.S. Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place

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A statue of Robert E. Lee is on display on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The statue was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Virginia in 1909. Lee served as a commander in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The move in South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds is prompting members of Congress to take a new look at Confederate images that surround them every day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Robert E. Lee to be replaced by Barbara Rose Johns in Capitol Statuary Hall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times