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
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
Three Confederate statues were removed from public spaces in New Orleans nearly two years ago, but officials are still trying to decide what to do with them. The statues of Confederate
New Orleans is removing four statues built between 1884-1915 First erected in 1891, it commemorated the Crescent City White League's attempt to overthrow the post-Civil War government.
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
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
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