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Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans)

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unanimously deciding the City of New Orleans should be enjoined no further and could proceed forward with removal of the three monuments. In support of its ruling the Court of Appeals panel held, "we have exhaustively reviewed the record and can find no evidence in the record suggesting that any party other than the City has ownership" and the plaintiffs failed to show any irreparable harm would occur to the monuments if the City of New Orleans were to remove them, even assuming such evidence would constitute a harm to the groups bringing the suit.
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2016, for oral argument for whether its injunction should be maintained pending a final judgment on the merits of the district court suit. The decision of the Court of Appeals superseded that ruling of United States District Court Judge Carl Barbier rendered January 26, 2016, denying the motion of the plaintiffs for a preliminary injunction against the City of New Orleans for prohibiting removal of the monuments.
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The statue itself rises 16'6" tall, with an 8'4" base, standing on a 60' column with an interior staircase, according to a schematic released by the City of New Orleans on the day of the removal of the statue and its base, May 19, 2017. The Lee statue faced "north where, as local lore has it, he can
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On April 6, 2016, Senate Bill 276 by State Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, to block local governments in Louisiana from removing Confederate monuments and other commemorative statues without State permission was rejected by the Governmental Affairs Committee on a 5–4 racial and party line vote. On
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In January 2016, David Mahler, a contractor who had been hired by the City of New Orleans to remove the four statues, including the statue of Robert E. Lee located in Lee Circle, backed out of his contract with the city after he, his family, and employees began receiving death threats. According to
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was hired to sculpt the brass statue, which was installed in 1884. The granite base and pedestal was designed and built by John Ray , architect; contract dated 1877, at a cost of $ 26,474. John Hagan, a builder, was contracted to "furnish and set" the column at a cost of $ 9,350. The monument was
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On May 18, 2017, the City of New Orleans announced the statue of General Robert E. Lee would be removed the next day. On May 19, 2017, following a day long effort by work crews, just after 6 o'clock p.m. the statue of Lee was finally detached and then removed and lowered by crane from its column
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On March 6, 2017, following oral argument on September 28, 2016 of the motion for preliminary injunction of the Monumental Task Committee and other groups opposed to removal of the Confederate monuments, the three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion
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unanimously issued an injunction for the suit brought by the Monumental Task Committee and other groups in federal district court, prohibiting the City of New Orleans from proceeding forward with removal of the three Confederate monuments. The Court of Appeals set a hearing date of September 28,
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Landrieu recalled Marsalis saying. When the mayor asked why, Marsalis responded, "Let me help you see it through my eyes. Who is he? What does he represent? And in that most prominent space in the city of New Orleans, does that space reflect who we were, who we want to be or who we
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Efforts to raise funds to build the statue began after Lee's death in 1870 by the Robert E. Lee Monument Association, which by 1876 had raised the $ 36,400 needed. The association's president was
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In January 1953, the statue of Lee was lifted from atop the column for repairs to the monument's foundation. The statue was returned to its perch in January the following year.
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As part of a sixty-day period for public input, two city commissions called for the removal of four monuments associated with the Confederacy: the Lee statue, statues of
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Contrary to assertions that Robert E. Lee never set foot in New Orleans, he visited or passed through the city in 1846, 1848, 1860 and 1861, while serving in the
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ablaze in a parking lot behind David Mahler's company, H&O Investments, LLC. The car, belonging to Mahler and valued at $ 200,000, was completely destroyed.
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Brock, R. A., ed. (1886). "Ceremonies Connected with the Unveiling of the Statue of General Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle, New Orleans, February 22, 1884".
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On December 17, 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to relocate four statues from public display, among them the statue of Robert E. Lee located in
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Plaintiffs: Monumental Task Committee, Inc., Louisiana Landmarks Society, Foundation for Historical Louisiana, Inc., and Beauregard Camp, No. 130, Inc.
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to post on Facebook that those supporting the take-down of the Confederate monuments "should be LYNCHED". He later apologized for this statement.
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discussing the historical context of the Lee and other monuments, and the reasons for and meaning of their removal.
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Brock, R. A., ed. (1886). "Historical Sketch of the R.E. Lee Monumental Association of New Orleans".
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of New Orleans. The Education Committee was composed of six Republicans and two Democrats.
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On December 15, 2015, Wynton Marsalis explained his reasons for advocating removal in
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for his decision to call for the removal of the Lee statue and renaming of
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Wilson, Jr., Samuel; Lemann, Bernard (1971). "Architectural Inventory".
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While crews were working on removing the statue, New Orleans mayor
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magazine in June 2011 as one of the city's "11 important statues".
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and other city memorials dedicated to Confederate slaveholders.
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pedestal to a semi-trailer truck and transported to storage.
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always look in the direction of his military adversaries."
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dedicated in 1884, at Tivoli Circle (since commonly called
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Spectators watching the Lee statue lifted from its column
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McConnaughey, Janet; Santana, Rebecca (May 19, 2017).
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August 14, 2016, pro-monuments House Bill 944 by Rep.
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Archived from 780:"Louisiana's Civil War Museum" 225: 1: 854:Lost Cause of the Confederacy 804:Karst, James (May 14, 2017). 345:in 1991. It was included by 131:Show map of the United States 81:Show map of East New Orleans 18:United States historic place 1832:Southern Historical Society 1813:Southern Historical Society 1528:. SunHerald. April 14, 2016 1126:"No. 2:15-cv-06905-CJB-DEK" 674:, retrieved April 20, 2018. 662:September 23, 2010, at the 2423: 2294:Historic Preservation Fund 2273:American Legation, Morocco 1043:Robert E. Lee: A Biography 784:New Orleans Official Guide 494:2016–17 legal developments 363:Charleston church shooting 2314: 2235:Lists by associated state 702:Lee Monument, Lee Circle. 327:—and Confederate General 224:NRHP reference  59: 47: 43: 34: 27: 23: 2397:Statues of Robert E. Lee 2216:Northern Mariana Islands 1104:The New Orleans Advocate 1041:Thomas, Emory M. (1997) 1031:Encyclopediavirginia.org 1011:American Bar Association 832:"Robert E. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans) is located in East New Orleans
Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans) is located in Louisiana
Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans) is located in the United States
Lee Circle
St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans
Louisiana
29°56′35″N 90°4′20″W / 29.94306°N 90.07222°W / 29.94306; -90.07222
91000254
New Orleans
Louisiana
Confederate
General
Robert E. Lee
Alexander Doyle

Louisiana Supreme Court
Charles E. Fenner
Plessy v. Ferguson
Alexander Doyle
Lee Circle
St. Charles Avenue
Jefferson Davis
Mary Custis Lee
Mildred Childe Lee
P.G.T. Beauregard
National Register of Historic Places
Mitch Landrieu

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