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Confederate statues and memorials to be removed across US – CNN

(CNN)More than 150 years after the Civil War ended, the Confederacy is memorialized with statues, monuments and historical markers across the United States.

New Orleans started removing Confederacy statues on …

The Battle of Liberty Place monument, which honors members of the Crescent City White League who died trying to overthrow the New Orleans government after the Civil War, was the first of four statues linked to the Confederacy that are set to be torn down in New Orleans.

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Appropriately, all the Civil War monuments up North are tributes to Union soldiers and leaders who fought and died to preserve the nation. Texas is the South, a part of the Confederacy, which fought for much more than a single issue.

Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials – Wikipedia

For decades in the U.S., there have been isolated incidents of removal of Confederate monuments and memorials, although generally opposed in public opinion polls, and several U.S. States have passed laws over 115 years to complicate or prohibit further removals.

Controversial removal of Confederate monuments starts in New …

Controversial removal of Confederate … government installed in New Orleans after the Civil War, … protest the monument’s removal.

Should New Orleans Remove Its Civil War Monuments?

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Historians: Civil War statues need context, should be moved …

Hale, of the Atlanta History Center, reviewed the history of each of the three monuments erected decades after the end of the Civil War: the Capitol Confederate Monument, dedicated in May 1895; the Henry Lawson Wyatt Monument, dedicated in June 1912; and the North Carolina Confederacy Monument, dedicated in June 1914.

Confederate Monuments and Their Complicated Legacy – The Atlantic

A new report identifies some 1,500 memorials to the Civil War’s losing cause, from schools to state holidays, ranging from the Deep South to the Pacific Northwest.

Tempers Flare Over Removal of Confederate Statues in New …

Tempers Flare Over Removal of Confederate Statues in New Orleans Image New Orleans police officers guarding a statue of Jefferson Davis, which the city plans to remove soon.

List of Confederate monuments and memorials – Wikipedia

Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War, these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other observances, and the names of schools, roads, parks, bridges, counties, cities, lakes, dams, military bases, and other public works.