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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 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 in the [[American Civil War]].
[[Image:Upper portion, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1350.JPG|250px|right|thumb|The upper portion of the Confederate Monument in [[Shreveport]]]]
[[Image:Upper portion, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1350.JPG|325px|right|thumb|The upper portion of the Confederate Monument in [[Shreveport]]]]
[[Image:Lower section, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1347.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Lower portion of the monument, which faces likely dismantlement later in 2018]]
[[Image:Lower section, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1347.JPG|325px|right|thumb|Lower portion of the monument, which faces likely dismantlement later in 2018]]
The 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 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.