{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue","publication_date":"December 07, 2020","summary":"Around 9:45 a.m. Monday, a crane plucked the statue off its base and slowly hoisted it to the ground at the public military college in Lexington, where allegations of systemic racism roiled the campus this fall.","author_name":"By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/12\/4a5d6f24e08b3a6037948455b31aaead-GettyImages-144091763-1024x687.jpg","thumbnail_height":687,"thumbnail_width":1024}