** Removal of four plaques that reference Jefferson Davis and Kathryn Wittichen near the West Hospital on campus. Kathryn Wittichen was the president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
** Removal of the name and plaque outside Baruch Hall.
** Removal of the name McGuire Hall, named for Hunter Holmes McGuire.
** Removal of the Alexander Stephens plaque and bust of McGuire from McGuire Hall.
** Removal of a plaque commemorating the work of Matthew Fontaine Maury from the MCV Alumni House and the removal of a plaque bearing the building's old name, Maupin-Maury House.
** Removal of the name Tompkins-McCaw Library, named in part for Sally Tompkinsm removal of a plaque bearing the library's name and a portrait of John Syng Dorsey Cullen inside the library.
** Removal of the name of the Wood Memorial Building.
The board also voted to change the name of Harrison House, where the Department of African-American Studies is located. It was named after Fort Harrison, a Confederate fort. The department will get to choose a new name. Do you think it will be named for a black person?
--Old Secesh
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