CNN —. As many onlookers cheered Friday, a crane hoisted the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the top of a monument in New Orleans. It is the fourth, and final, Civil War-era
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.
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
(Reuters) - New Orleans on Monday removed a statue that the mayor said glorified a 19th-century attack on police by white supremacists, the first of four monuments that the city willA 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
The Latest: Last Confederate monument removed in New Orleans ___. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has declared that the Confederacy was "on the wrong side of humanity" as he ___. Workers backed by a crane have tied ropes around a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which has perched
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