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The 30-foot tall marble-and-granite monument is located downtown at 501 Texas Avenue at what is called Government Plaza, the meeting places of both municipal and parish governments. Though listed in 2014 on the National Register of Historic Places,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/13001124.htm|title=Caddo Parish Confederate Monument|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref> the monument is in imminent danger of being moved to an undisclosed site.  

The 30-foot tall marble-and-granite monument is located downtown at 501 Texas Avenue at what is called Government Plaza, the meeting places of both municipal and parish governments. Though listed in 2014 on the National Register of Historic Places,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/13001124.htm|title=Caddo Parish Confederate Monument|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref> the monument is in imminent danger of being moved to an undisclosed site.  

Similarly, departing [[Mayor]] [[Mitch Landrieu]] of [[New Orleans]] removed four major Confederate monuments from the Crescent City in 2017 and won the JFK "Profile in Courage Award" in 2018 presented by the family of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Landrieu targeted statues of [[Jefferson Davis]], who was first interred in New Orleans and then removed to [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]], and Generals [[Robert E. Lee]] and Pierre G. T. Beauregard, namesake of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. Landrieu also removed a monument dedicated to opponents of [[Reconstruction]]. Landrieu vacates the mayor’s office on May 7. He published a book, ''In the Shadow of the Statues'', which recounts his attack on Confederate heritage. He notes that he had difficulty finding a contractor to remove the statues because of the possibility of negative publicity.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/27/mitch-landrieu-mayor-of-new-orleans-is-awarded-kennedy-profile-in-courage-award/?utm_term=.36c47de0e42b|title=Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans, is awarded the Kennedy Profile in Courage Award|date=March 27, 2018|author=Mike DeBonis|publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]''|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> Landrieu has even been mentioned as a potential 2020 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee to oppose [[Donald Trump]].

Similarly, departing [[Mayor]] [[Mitch Landrieu]] of [[New Orleans]] removed four major Confederate monuments from the Crescent City in 2017 and won the JFK "Profile in Courage Award" in 2018 presented by the family of [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. Landrieu targeted statues of [[Jefferson Davis]], who was first interred in New Orleans and then removed to [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]], and Generals [[Robert E. Lee]] and Pierre G. T. Beauregard, namesake of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. Landrieu also removed a monument dedicated to opponents of [[Reconstruction]]. Landrieu's two terms as mayor ended on May 7, 2018. He published a book, ''In the Shadow of the Statues'', which recounts his attack on Confederate heritage. He notes that he had difficulty finding a contractor to remove the statues because of the possibility of negative publicity.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/27/mitch-landrieu-mayor-of-new-orleans-is-awarded-kennedy-profile-in-courage-award/?utm_term=.36c47de0e42b|title=Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans, is awarded the Kennedy Profile in Courage Award|date=March 27, 2018|author=Mike DeBonis|publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]''|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> Landrieu has even been mentioned as a potential 2020 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee to oppose [[Donald Trump]].

On October 19, 2017, the Caddo Parish Commission, after hearing public input, voted 7-5 to remove the monument from the downtown location. The United Daughters of the Confederacy established the monument and claims ownership of the ground on which it sets. The UDC filed suit in a bid to halt the removal. Presiding Judge Robert G. James, a [[liberal]] appointee of [[Bill Clinton]], rejected the UDC's attempt to procure a preliminary injunction barring the removal of the monument. James wrote that the UDC faces an "uphill battle" in trying to prove that it owns the land on which the monument sets. James said that the UDC "failed to meet that burden or to show that it is entitled to relief otherwise. Judge James first set the court date for April 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/02/02/trial-date-set-caddo-confederate-monument-case/300833002/|title=UDC, Caddo Parish trial date set over Confederate monument|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=February 2, 2018|author=Nick Wooten|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref>

On October 19, 2017, the Caddo Parish Commission, after hearing public input, voted 7-5 to remove the monument from the downtown location. The United Daughters of the Confederacy established the monument and claims ownership of the ground on which it sets. The UDC filed suit in a bid to halt the removal. Presiding Judge Robert G. James, a [[liberal]] appointee of [[Bill Clinton]], rejected the UDC's attempt to procure a preliminary injunction barring the removal of the monument. James wrote that the UDC faces an "uphill battle" in trying to prove that it owns the land on which the monument sets. James said that the UDC "failed to meet that burden or to show that it is entitled to relief otherwise. Judge James first set the court date for April 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/02/02/trial-date-set-caddo-confederate-monument-case/300833002/|title=UDC, Caddo Parish trial date set over Confederate monument|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=February 2, 2018|author=Nick Wooten|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref>