Prominent monument to Robert E Lee was removed after a long and divisive battle over whether used emblems represent racism or an honorable heritageAfter decades standing sentinel over recent Orleans,the last of four Confederate monuments are gone, amid a controversy that at times hearkened back to the divisiveness of the civil war they commemorated. A statue of Gen Robert E Lee facing defiantly north with his arms crossed was lifted by a crane from its pedestal late Friday. As air was seen between Lee’s statue and the pedestal below it, or a cheer went out from the crowd assembled below who recorded the history with their phones and shook hands with each other in congratulations. Many in the crowd had waited all day in anticipation.
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Source: theguardian.com