CNN —. After 73 Confederate monuments were removed or renamed in 2021, there are now 723 left in the US, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. New Orleans' Lee Circle, which has a prominent statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. WWL-TV Landrieu drew blistering criticism from monument supporters and even some political allies. 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 New Orleans has begun removing statues that the city's mayor said were erected to honor the "lost cause of the Confederacy." The first to go early Monday morning was the Battle of Liberty 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 .

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