New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu Eloquently Defends the Removal of Confederate Monuments in Speech
A barn burner, must see TV
In addition to being a wonderful defense of the removal of Confederate monuments this speech is also a great and valuable history lesson. I commend Mayor Landrieu!
On Friday, May 19, 2017, Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered an address about the City of New Orleans’ efforts to remove monuments that prominently celebrate the “Lost Cause of the Confederacy.” The statues were erected decades after the Civil War to celebrate the “Cult of the Lost Cause,” a movement recognized across the South as celebrating and promoting white supremacy.
