Supporters of the relocation of a statue of General P.V.T. Beauregard from New Orleans to his parish’s namesake seat DeRidder gathered in front of City Hall. To draw attention to their plight to add the request to a future ballot, they used the controversial tactic of waving the Confederate flag.
The city of New Orleans is not able to report how much it spent to remove four confederate statues. There have been several requests filed asking this information to the city, and private donors. While an exact price hasn’t been stated it is on public record that officers worked thousands…
The likeness of the Robert E. Lee statue that presided over Lee Circle from 1884 until May of this year is featured prominently on the front of the coin alongside the statues of General P.G.T. Beauregard and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, as well as the monument to the Battle of…
It is a slippery slope for the 5th circuit confederate monument ruling. It was a disappointing ruling for the monuments. The move to remove confederate monuments is spreading. The reason they are being removed is because people feel that they represent something that they do not like. They are inanimate…
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