The fourth monument to be taken down by the New Orleans city council and Mayor Mitch Landrieu was the Robert E. Lee statue which sat on a 70-foot perch downtown. The previous 3 statues had been removed in the middle of the night without warning while workers wore masks to hide their identity and police … Read more
In the middle of the night Wednesday morning in New Orleans cranes removed Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard’s statue. Police and snipers were in place during the operation to ensure no one interfered. The city council and mayor plan to remove the statue of General Robert E. Lee next. Read more
New Orleans has been removing monuments to its Confederate history, led by Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Sunday afternoon protesters met at Lee Square, as did people who support monument removal. The protesters included some considered to be white supremacists, but the peaceful protesters of all beliefs were aligned, as, in the words of one man who attended … Read more
New Orleans City Council and Mayor Mitch Landrieu have continued their plan to remove monuments to Confederate history by removing a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Davis Street. The statue stood for 106 years. The removal was conduced in the middle of the night, as Landrieu said removals would be done, early Thursday … Read more