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May 22, 2017

New Orleans Removes Confederate Statue of General Robert Lee
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And in New Orleans, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the removal
of a massive bronze statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on
Friday. It was the last of a series of Confederate statues the city has
removed in recent weeks. Workers wore bulletproof vests and face
coverings to conceal their identities as they used a crane to remove the
statue from a 60-foot-high pedestal. White nationalists have staged a
series of protests and issued threats in the lead-up to the memorials'
removals. A car belonging to one of the workers had also been set on
fire.


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