The General P.G.T. Beauregard Equestrian Statue is located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The statue by Alexander Doyle was officially unveiled in 1915. It is at the intersection of Carrollton Avenue and Esplanade Avenue at the main entrance to City Park.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 1999.
On June 24, 2015, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu acknowledged the impact of the June 2015 Charleston church shooting, and called for the removal of several city memorials to Confederate slaveholders.[1]
As part of a sixty-day period for public comment, two city commissions called for the removal of four monuments associated with the Confederacy, including statues of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Beauregard, and an obelisk commemorating the "Battle of Liberty Place". Governor Bobby Jindal opposed the removals.[2]
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- ↑ McClendon, Robert (June 24, 2015). "Mitch Landrieu on Confederate landmarks: 'That's what museums are for'". The Times-Picayune. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/lee_circle_statue_new_orleans.html. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ Schachar, Natalie (August 15, 2015). "Jindal seeks to block removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-jindal-monuments-20150814-story.html. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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