The Unite The Right rally took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was sparked by the removal of a statue of confederate general Robert E. Lee.
https://time.com/charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally-clashes/ >Violence erupted in the college town of Charlottesville on Aug. 12 after hundreds of white nationalists and their supporters who gathered for a rally over plans to remove a Confederate statue were met by counter-protesters, leading Virginia’s governor to declare a state of emergency.
Confederate general Zebulon B. Vance co-founded Excelsior Lodge in Charlotte, North Carolina.
https://excelsiorlodge261.org/temp/Excelsior.php >Excelsior Lodge was founded in 1867 as the 261st Masonic Lodge to be chartered in North Carolina. It was founded in Charlotte, NC by Charlotte businessman and alderman Samuel Wittkowsky and former N.C. Governor, U.S. Senator, and Confederate General Zebulon B. Vance.
