The Latest Confederate monument in New Orleans taken down

The Latest Confederate monument in New Orleans taken down The Latest: Confederate landmark in New Orleans brought down Specialists in New Orleans have completed the process of bringing down the first of four Confederate statues in the city that will be evacuated over the coming days. The Liberty Place landmark was headed out in pieces around 5:35 a.m. Monday. Just a solid base remained. The Liberty Place landmark is a 1891 monolith respecting the Crescent City White League, which endeavored to topple a biracial Reconstruction government in New Orleans after the Civil War.