Posted on 09/03/2015 4:30:07 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
A French Quarter commission has voted to remove a 124-year-old obelisk monument dedicated to the White League's brief, and bloody, overthrow of a biracial Reconstruction government after the Civil War.
On Wednesday, the Vieux Carre Commission voted 5-0 to remove the 35-foot-high obelisk monument which stands on the edge of the old historic district. The commission governs aesthetics and bylaws in the historic district.
The City Council must approve the removal. Mayor Mitch Landrieu has called for the removal of the monument and three other prominent statues of Confederate leaders.
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How ‘bout removal of blacks? But, then, that would be racist, wouldn’t it?
The monument was last altered some 25 years ago to memorialize the actual battle and all lives lost in it and a warning placed that we need to learn from past conflicts so that we may avoid future conflicts.
Monuments to Black Panthers are still OK.
That was tried with Katrina!
Not sure how this is going to go down, down there.
Boy that worked.
The fundamental transformation of America continues apace. I can’t conceive of anything short of an American Pinochet turning this thing around.
Black ISIS comes to New Orleans.
Birds of a feather, ya know?
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