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Renamed "Confederate Park" in 1923 at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. A Confederate soldier statue was erected in 1910 at the intersection of North Main Avenue and West Capital Street adjacent to the Park. It was destroyed on July 16, 2016, when a policeman accidentally crashed his patrol car into the monument.
Confederate monument removed from plot in city-owned cemetery where Union and Confederate soldiers are buried. Monument has been the target of petitions for removal since 2017. [169] [170] Uptown Square Confederate Monument Lexington: North Carolina October 14 October 16 Removed at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
A controversial statue of a Confederate soldier has been taken down by officials from the center of a prominent square in Georgia, leading to protests in the area. The removal of the monument at ...
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
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Confederate Monument (Fort Worth, Texas) Confederate Monument (Hollywood Forever Cemetery) Confederate Monument in Louisville; Confederate Monument in Owensboro, Ky. (former) Confederate Soldier Memorial (Huntsville, Alabama) Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Baltimore) Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Birmingham, Alabama)
The mayors of several U.S. cities said they would push ahead with plans to remove Confederate statues. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Crews prepare to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Sept. 8, 2021 in Richmond ...