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Caddo Parish Confederate Monument (view source)
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'''The Caddo Parish Confederate Monument''' is a large statue and pedestal in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], which was erected in the early 1900s to commemorate the Lost Cause of the [[Confederate States of America]] and to admonish [[south]]erners "Lest We Forget" of their ancestors who fought and died in the [[American Civil War]].
'''The Caddo Parish Confederate Monument''' is a large statue and pedestal in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], which was erected in the early 1900s to commemorate the Lost Cause of the [[Confederate States of America]] and to admonish [[south]]erners "Lest We Forget" of their ancestors who fought and died in the [[American Civil War]].
[[Image:Upper portion, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1350.JPG|325px|right|thumb|The upper portion of the Confederate Monument in [[Shreveport]]: ordered for removal by federal court]]
[[Image:Upper portion, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1350.JPG|325px|right|thumb|The upper portion of the Confederate Monument in [[Shreveport]]: ordered for removal by federal court]]
[[Image:Lower section, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1347.JPG|325px|right|thumb|Lower portion of the monument, which faces dismantlement later in 2019]]
[[Image:Lower section, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1347.JPG|325px|right|thumb|Lower portion of the monument, which faces dismantlement in 2020]]
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 will be 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 will be moved to an undisclosed site.