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'''The Caddo Parish Confederate Monument''' is a large statue and pedestal in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], erected in the early 1900s to commemorate the Lost Cause of the [[Confederate States of America]] and to admonish southerners "Lest We Forget" of their ancestors who fought and died in the [[American Civil War]]. Caddo Parish commissioners voted in July 2020 to build a box around the statue pending removal. The Daughters of the Confederacy, the owner of the statue, said it is pleased that the box will be built because it could help prevent vandalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/07/20/agreement-reached-move-caddo-parish-confederate-monument/5473757002/|title=Caddo Parish, Daughters of Confederacy reach agreement reached to move monument|author=Emily Enfinger|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 20, 2020}}</ref>  

'''The Caddo Parish Confederate Monument''' is a large statue and pedestal in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], erected in the early 1900s to commemorate the Lost Cause of the [[Confederate States of America]] and to admonish southerners "Lest We Forget" of their ancestors who fought and died in the [[American Civil War]]. Caddo Parish commissioners voted in July 2020 to build a box around the statue pending removal. The Daughters of the Confederacy, the owner of the statue, said that it is pleased that the box will be built because it could help prevent vandalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/07/20/agreement-reached-move-caddo-parish-confederate-monument/5473757002/|title=Caddo Parish, Daughters of Confederacy reach agreement reached to move monument|author=Emily Enfinger|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 20, 2020}}</ref>  

 

In September 2020, officials announced that the monument will be re-established at a site in  DeSoto Parish near the Mansfield State Historic Site where the Battle of Mansfield was fought in 1864.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2020/09/12/caddo-parishs-confederate-monument-moving-desoto-parish/5760721002/|title=Caddo Parish's Confederate  Monument to Be Moved to DeSoto Parish|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Deborah Bayliss|accessdate=September 12, 2020}}</ref>

In September 2020, officials announced that the monument will be re-established at a site in  DeSoto Parish near the Mansfield State Historic Site where the Battle of Mansfield was fought in 1864.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2020/09/12/caddo-parishs-confederate-monument-moving-desoto-parish/5760721002/|title=Caddo Parish's Confederate  Monument to Be Moved to DeSoto Parish|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Deborah Bayliss|accessdate=September 12, 2020}}</ref>

 

[[Image:Upper portion, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1350.JPG|350 px|right|thumb|The upper portion of the Confederate Monument in [[Shreveport]]: ordered for removal by federal court and headed for re-establishment in DeSoto Parish. Prior to removal, the Caddo Parish commission voted to erect a tall box about the monument to shield it from public view.]]

[[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; parish commission voted to erect a tall box about the monument to shield it from public view.]]

[[Image:Lower section, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1347.JPG|350px|right|thumb|Lower portion of the monument, which faces court-ordered removal in 2020]]

[[Image:Lower section, Confederate Monument, Shreveport IMG 1347.JPG|325px|right|thumb|Lower portion of the monument, which faces court-ordered removal in 2020]]

==Background==

==Background==