New Orleans on Monday began removing four monuments dedicated to the era of the Confederacy and its aftermath, capping a prolonged battle about the future of the memorials, which critics deemed The Robert E. Lee Monument, formerly in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a historic statue dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee by American sculptor Alexander Doyle. It was removed (intact) by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017. Any future display is uncertain. [2] History Robert E. Lee Monument, close up A construction crew works to remove a monument of Jefferson Davis in New Orleans, May 11, 2017. The four monuments were erected between 1884 and 1915 to "celebrate the 'Cult of the Lost Cause One of the statues removed was of Gen. P.G.T Beauregard, who ordered the first shots fired in the Civil War, another was a bronze figure of Confederate hero Gen. Robert E. Lee that stood for CNN —. As many onlookers cheered Friday, a crane hoisted the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the top of a monument in New Orleans. It is the fourth, and final, Civil War-era Removal of Robert E. Lee monument on May 19, 2017. About two weeks later, the statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Parkway and Canal Street was taken down in the pre-sunset hours of May 11th. The statue of Robert E. Lee is separated from its column Friday, May 19, 2017. It was the final of four post-Civil War monuments in New Orleans that Mayor Mitch Landrieu removed. (Photo by Pedestrians pass the former site of the John McDonogh monument in Lafayette Square in New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. A year and a half after protesters removed the statue of McDonogh from The Latest: Last Confederate monument removed in New Orleans ___. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has declared that the Confederacy was "on the wrong side of humanity" as he ___. Workers backed by a crane have tied ropes around a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which has perched First of four monuments honoring Confederate history removed in New Orleans. The city is removing the statues despite security threats D0Fk.