The City Of New Orleans Votes To Remove Confederate Statues According to recent reports, the New Orleans City Council just voted to remove four monuments to the Confederacy from key locations in the city. Statues of confederate leaders like Gen. Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis. The last monument to disappear will be an obelisk dedicated to the Battle of Liberty Place. This is the most extreme of a string of similar rulings being made throughout America to remove symbols of Confederate history, which liberals have been trying to deem symbols of racism. Mayor Mitch Landrieu has called the move a courageous decision to turn a page on our divisive past and chart the course for a more inclusive future. Other officials argued that this would remove New Orleans from being under the statues of the past. It will not improve the socioeconomic balance of the city, council member Stacy Head, who voted against the measure, told reporters. Landrieu claims that he was moved to action following the South Carolina massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal on June 17. Dylann Roof, the shooter, was a worshipper of the battle flag. A week later, Landrieu first introduced the plan. This is the right thing to do at the right time, Landrieu told reporters. The ordinance approved by the council deems the Confederate monuments nuisances and unconstitutional, but supporters of the monuments argue that the figures of the Confederacy are not meant to preserve racial injustice. Rather, they argue, the statues are about honoring figures who fought to protect the city. New Orleans was the largest city involved in the Confederacy, and ultimately fell to Union forces in 1862. What do you think? Is this a disgusting attempt to erase history that helped to build the South? 