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    New Orleans Prepares To Take Down Statue Of Gen. Robert E. Lee

    The statue in Lee Circle is the last of four Confederate-era monuments that the city pledged to remove amid a swirl of controversy.
    by Amy Held May 19, 2017 1 minute

    Crowds gathered behind barricades in New Orleans on Friday to watch as workers began the hours-long process of removing a towering statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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