In the latest addition to a list of historical monuments removed from the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, a statue of pioneer and Revolutionary War officer George Rogers Clark on Sunday left its pedestal on the University of Virginia (UVA) campus. George Rogers Clark was born in Albemarle County, where the UVA sits, in 1752. Dubbed “Conqueror of the Northwest,” he led a Virginia militia during the Revolutionary War and played a key role in securing the Northwest Territory from the British and their native allies. The statue that commemorates Clark was erected in 1921 and commissioned by Paul Goodloe McIntire, after whom UVA’s art and music departments are named. McIntire also funded Charlottesville’s statues honoring Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and the Lewis and Clark expedition. A crew removed statues of the Confederate commanders from the city on Saturday morning. A statue depicting 19th century explorers Meriwether Lewis, William …