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SHREVEPORT -- The National Register of Historic Places Confederate Monument in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse which is now covered up by a wooden box, now as the Gettysburg Address, God Bless America, The Pledge of Allegiance, The Start-Spangled Banner, God Bless America, The Bill of Rights and Left Every Voice and Sing, added to the white painted box. The Caddo Parish Commission wants to monument moved.
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Two Confederate monuments were removed within a three-day period in Georgia. One was a 28-year-old monument installed in 1993 at Lawrenceville, Ga. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted to have it move into storage in January. The other monument was a statue of General Joseph E. Johnston, who commanded the Army of Tennessee through the first phase of the Atlanta Campaign in 1864, and was located at Dalton, Georgia. It was moved to the Huff House. The statue dated from 1912.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Centennial Park is asking the state to remove a historic monument honoring Confederate hero Sam Davis. State law requires the permission of the state for the removal. Sam Davis is called "The Nathan Hale of the Confederacy" because he was executed after refusing to give the names of people who helped him in his scouting duties.
PLAQUEMINE, La. -- The Confederate statue that graced the front lawn of the Plaquemine City Hall since 1912, was removed six months after the Iberville Parish Council voted to have it removed. The statue has been moved to storage at an undisclosed location. The statue is of a Confederate of a young soldier standing at attention. The inscription on the base reads
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