One More To Go: New Orleans Takes Down Civil War General's Statue
Early Wednesday, a bronze statue of Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was taken down in New Orleans. A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee is next on the list of monuments to be removed.
by Bill Chappell
May 17, 2017
1 minute
Workers removed another high-profile Confederate monument in New Orleans overnight, lifting a statue of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard on horseback from its spot at the entrance of City Park. One more statue remains to be taken down, of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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