List of Confederate Monuments Removed Across the Country

Adam K. Raymond

... Madison, Wisconsin — August 17, 2017
A plaque honoring Confederate soldiers as “unsung heroes” was removed from a city-owned cemetery in Madison a day after residents complained about it. “The Civil War was an act of insurrection and treason and a defense of the deplorable practice of slavery,” Mayor Paul Soglin said in a statement. “The monuments in question were connected to that action and we do not need them on City property.”

Franklin, Ohio — August 17, 2017
Located along Dixie Highway, a monument to Robert E. Lee was removed overnight by the city of Franklin. As local officials tell it, the monument wasn’t removed just because of what it stood for, but because of where it stood. It’s location near a highway made it a “public safety hazard,” they said.

Baltimore, Maryland — August 16, 2017
A day after the Baltimore city council voted to immediately remove four Confederate-era statues, they were removed. Three of the statues honored those who played a role in fighting for the Confederacy and one depicted former Supreme Court chief justice Robert B. Taney, the man who wrote the majority opinion in the infamous Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.

Los Angeles, California — August 16, 2017
A six-foot memorial to Confederate soldiers was removed from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery ...

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