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At the city and parish government offices in downtown Shreveport sets the [[Caddo Parish Confederate Monument]], a 30-foot granite-and-marble structure likely to be dismantled or relocated pending a permanent decision in the United States District Court by Judge Robert G. James. The United Daughters of the Confederacy has claimed ownership of the parcel of land on which the monument sets, but Judge James said no real proof of the claim has been advanced. The removal will be another in a series of [[political correctness|politically correct]] decisions made by southern politicians seeking to apologize to their African-American communities for the Confederate rebellion in  the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/05/15/judges-refusal-block-statue-removal-stands/614029002/|title=Judge's refusal to block statue removal stands|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 15, 2018|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

At the city and parish government offices in downtown Shreveport sets the [[Caddo Parish Confederate Monument]], a 30-foot granite-and-marble structure likely to be dismantled or relocated pending a permanent decision in the United States District Court by Judge Robert G. James. The United Daughters of the Confederacy has claimed ownership of the parcel of land on which the monument sets, but Judge James said no real proof of the claim has been advanced. The removal will be another in a series of [[political correctness|politically correct]] decisions made by southern politicians seeking to apologize to their African-American communities for the Confederate rebellion in  the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/05/15/judges-refusal-block-statue-removal-stands/614029002/|title=Judge's refusal to block statue removal stands|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 15, 2018|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

==Shreveport sports==

==Shreveport Sports==

In the 1990s, Shreveport had a professional football team, the Shreveport Pirates, from the [[Canadian Football League]]. The Pirates, like all of the American CFL teams, had folded by 1996.  Shreveport was a potential city to temporarily house the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], but they instead played at [[San Antonio]] and at LSU Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Saints would play the Dallas Cowboys in Shrveport during the 2006 NFL preseason.

In the 1990s, Shreveport had a professional football team, the Shreveport Pirates, from the [[Canadian Football League]]. The Pirates, like all of the American CFL teams, had folded by 1996.  Shreveport was a potential city to temporarily house the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], but they instead played at [[San Antonio]] and at LSU Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Saints would play the Dallas Cowboys in Shrveport during the 2006 NFL preseason.

==Notable people==

==Notable people==