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Article snippet: The University of Virginia will remove two plaques honoring Confederate soldiers and ban open flames on campus after white supremacists marched on the campus with torches last month. The university’s Board of Visitors voted unanimously on both issues Friday after students demanded that officials take action after the white supremacists gathered on the campus ahead of the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., The Washington Post reported. The two plaques honored students and alumni who died fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War and will be moved to another location. The measures also designate the university’s Lawn, its largest and most prominent outdoor space, as a residential facility, meaning that open flames will be banned from the area. The board took up the votes at the request of student groups that created the proposals. The university’s student council also approved the measures. White supremacists had marched on the campus last month ahead of a white supremacist rally the next day, chanting "white lives matter" and "you will not replace us." This vote came one day after the university announced it would repay a pledge from the KKK to the institution in 1921 to a fund to help those injured in the white supremacist rally last month. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, ... Link to the full article to read more