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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 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>
'''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, owned by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
<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 nearly fifty miles south of Shreveport at a site in DeSoto Parish near the Mansfield State Historic Site where the Battle of Mansfield was fought in 1864 and resulted in a Confederate victory.<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 wooden box about the monument to shield it from public view.]]
[[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 wooden box about the monument to shield it from public view.]]
On June 30, 2020, a group of [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters flocked to the Caddo Parish Courthouse to oppose further delays in the removal of the Confederate monument. Linus Mayes, the organizer of the liberal group Community Congress for Systemic Justice, called the protesters "peaceful" though they waved guns to threaten the defenders of the monument. Nearby police prevented a clash from developing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigleaguepolitics.com/black-lives-matter-terrorists-show-up-to-louisiana-courthouse-with-guns-to-menace-pro-statue-protesters/|title=Black Lives Matter Terrorists Show Up to Louisiana Courthouse|publisher=bigleaguepolitics.com|date=July 4, 2020|author=Shane Trejo|accessdate=July 6, 2020}}</ref>
On June 30, 2020, a group of [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters flocked to the Caddo Parish Courthouse to oppose further delays in the removal of the Confederate monument. Linus Mayes, the organizer of the liberal group Community Congress for Systemic Justice, called the protesters "peaceful" though they waved guns to threaten the defenders of the monument. Nearby police prevented a clash from developing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigleaguepolitics.com/black-lives-matter-terrorists-show-up-to-louisiana-courthouse-with-guns-to-menace-pro-statue-protesters/|title=Black Lives Matter Terrorists Show Up to Louisiana Courthouse|publisher=bigleaguepolitics.com|date=July 4, 2020|author=Shane Trejo|accessdate=July 6, 2020}}</ref>
On July 15, 2020, the Caddo Parish Commission, which consists of five white Republicans, one Hispanic Republican, and six black Democrats, voted 11-1 to erect a tall box around the monument to prevent it from public view. Several commissioners also claim that the box will protect the monument from vandalism by the Shreveport mobs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/07/16/box-built-around-caddo-parish-confederate-monument/5447313002/|title=Box to be built around Caddo Parish Confederate Monument|author=Emily Enfinger|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 16, 2020}}</ref>
On July 15, 2020, the Caddo Parish Commission, which consists of five white Republicans, one Hispanic Republican, and six black Democrats, voted 11-1 to erect a wooden box around the monument to prevent it from public view. Several commissioners also claim that the box will protect the monument from vandalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/07/16/box-built-around-caddo-parish-confederate-monument/5447313002/|title=Box to be built around Caddo Parish Confederate Monument|author=Emily Enfinger|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 16, 2020}}</ref>
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