“I didn’t start the problems with race in this country, but I did force the people of New Orleans to confront them,” reflects Mayor Mitch Landrieu. 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival.
The monuments:
- Battle of Liberty Place Monument – erected 1891 to commemorate the Reconstruction era “Battle of Liberty Place“. Removed April 24, 2017.
- General Beauregard Equestrian Statue – erected in 1913. Removed May 17, 2017.
- Jefferson Davis Monument – erected in 1911. Removed May 11, 2017.
- Robert E. Lee monument and circle – erected in 1884. 60 ft. column with 12 ft. statue on an earthen mound. Removed May 19, 2017
More:
‘The Confederacy lost and we’re better for it’: New Orleans mayor,” USA Today
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