Liberty Place Monument

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The Liberty Place Monument is a controversial New Orleans memorial that once commemorated an 1874 white supremacist insurrection against the city’s Reconstruction-era government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate-related monument ⓘ
monument ⓘ
public memorial ⓘ
associatedEventDate 1874 ⓘ
associatedWith New Orleans city politics ⓘ
Reconstruction government of Louisiana ⓘ
commemoratedGroup White League ⓘ
commemorates 1874 white supremacist insurrection in New Orleans ⓘ
Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
insurrection against the Reconstruction-era government of Louisiana ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor glorifying white supremacist violence ⓘ
undermining Reconstruction-era democracy ⓘ
currentStatus removed from its original public site ⓘ
featuredIn news coverage about Confederate monument removals ⓘ
scholarly discussions of memory and Reconstruction ⓘ
governedBy City of New Orleans ordinances on monuments ⓘ
hasBeenTargetOf protests ⓘ
vandalism ⓘ
hasHistoricalEra post–American Civil War period ⓘ
hasInscriptionAbout overthrow of the Reconstruction government ⓘ
participants in the Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext Reconstruction era ⓘ
post–Civil War racial politics in the United States ⓘ
hasTypeOfControversy racial and historical memory controversy ⓘ
ideologicallyAssociatedWith Lost Cause of the Confederacy ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
isSubjectOf debates over Confederate monuments ⓘ
public controversy ⓘ
locatedIn Louisiana ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
United States ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
opposedBy civil rights organizations ⓘ
many New Orleans residents ⓘ
ownedBy City of New Orleans ⓘ
relocationYear 1993 ⓘ
removalOrderedBy Mayor Mitch Landrieu ⓘ
linked to: Mitch Landrieu
removedBy City of New Orleans ⓘ
removedFromPublicDisplay 2017 ⓘ
supportedBy some heritage and Confederate memorial groups ⓘ
symbolizes racial oppression for many observers ⓘ
white supremacist resistance to Reconstruction ⓘ
unveiledIn 1891 ⓘ
wasErectedBy City of New Orleans ⓘ
wasOriginallyLocatedAt near the foot of Canal Street, New Orleans ⓘ
wasRelocatedTo a less prominent location near a parking lot in New Orleans ⓘ

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Battle of Liberty Place → hasMonument → Liberty Place Monument ⓘ
Battle of Canal Street → commemoratedBy → Liberty Place monument (later removed) ⓘ
linked to: Liberty Place Monument