A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed from Lee Circle in New Orleans. AP NEW ORLEANS — They were among the city's oldest landmarks, as cemented to the landscape of
A construction crew works to remove a monument of Jefferson Davis in New Orleans, May 11, 2017. The four monuments were erected between 1884 and 1915 to "celebrate the 'Cult of the Lost Cause
Jefferson Davis Statue in New Orleans Is Removed. Crews removed the statue of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, around 3 a.m. and under a
Removal of Robert E. Lee monument on May 19, 2017. About two weeks later, the statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Parkway and Canal Street was taken down in the pre-sunset hours of May 11th.
Pedestrians pass the former site of the John McDonogh monument in Lafayette Square in New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. A year and a half after protesters removed the statue of McDonogh from
Of the four monuments, Lee's was easily the most prominent: The bronze statue alone is close to 20 feet (6 meters) tall. It's a bronze sculpture of Lee looking toward the northern horizon from atop a roughly 60-foot-tall (18 meter) column. It's not massive like the Superdome or alluring like Bourbon Street, but Lee in his uniform was a
New Orleans on Monday began removing four monuments dedicated to the era of the Confederacy and its aftermath, capping a prolonged battle about the future of the memorials, which critics deemed
CNN —. After 73 Confederate monuments were removed or renamed in 2021, there are now 723 left in the US, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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