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Caddo Parish Confederate Monument (view source)
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==Background==
==Background==
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, pending final court orders.
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, pending final court orders.
Another Confederate monument located in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish near [[Baton Rouge]] was erected in 1909 and stands at least thirty feet in height. This monument has come under challenge from an African-American suspect, Ronnie Anderson, who seeks a change of venue for his trial on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The request for another location for his trial was based on the belief that the monument "displayed prominently in front of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse sends a message to African Americans of intimidation and oppression, communicating that justice may not be fair and impartial at a courthouse that was nostalgic and sentimental over the institution of slavery that the Confederacy fought for in the American Civil War."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/38664611/man-seeks-change-of-venue-due-to-confederate-monument-outside-courthouse|title=Man seeks change of venue due to Confederate monument outside courthouse|publisher=WAFB.com|date=July 17, 2018|author=Cheryl Mercedes and Scottie Hunter|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>
==Liberals target Confederate monuments==
==Liberals target Confederate monuments==
In March 2019, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans sided with Judge James in the appeal and against the supporters of the monument. The Caddo Parish Commission is meanwhile raising $500,000 for monument removal though a new location has not been revealed. The UDC was ordered to remove the monument with a 90-day notice, but the group lacks the needed funds for relocation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/commission-to-consider-spending-half-a-million-to-move-confederate-monument/|title=Commission to consider spending half a million to move Confederate monument|publisher=KEEL Radio|author=Erin McCarty|accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
In March 2019, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans sided with Judge James in the appeal and against the supporters of the monument. The Caddo Parish Commission is meanwhile raising $500,000 for monument removal though a new location has not been revealed. The UDC was ordered to remove the monument with a 90-day notice, but the group lacks the needed funds for relocation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/commission-to-consider-spending-half-a-million-to-move-confederate-monument/|title=Commission to consider spending half a million to move Confederate monument|publisher=KEEL Radio|author=Erin McCarty|accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
In October 2019, the [[United States Supreme Court]] refused to hear the appeal filed by the defenders of the monument. The high court left intact the Fifth Circuit ruling. Presumably by its inaction, the court set a precedent that all Confederate monument location questions wrest with the local governing authorities, not the owners of the monuments or those defending Confederate heritage.<ref>Vickie Wellborn, "U.S. Supreme Court won't hear Confederate monument case," KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in Shreveport), October 7, 2019.</ref>
In October 2019, the [[United States Supreme Court]] refused to hear the appeal filed by the defenders of the monument. The high court left intact the Fifth Circuit ruling. Presumably by its inaction, the court set a precedent that all Confederate monument location questions wrest with the local governing authorities, not the owners of the monuments or those defending Confederate heritage.<ref>Vickie Wellborn, "U.S. Supreme Court won't hear Confederate monument case," KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in Shreveport), October 7, 2019.</ref>