Confederate Leaders’ Descendants Say Statues Can Come Down

Great-great-grandchildren of Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee disagree with President Trump that moving Confederate monuments destroys American history and culture.

Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues; Mayor Cites Public Safety

By NICHOLAS FANDOS, RUSSELL GOLDMAN and JESS BIDGOOD August 16, 2017 BALTIMORE — It was “in the best interest of my city,” Mayor Catherine Pugh said Wednesday, as she explained why she ordered Confederate monuments removed...

Trump Blames ‘Many Sides’ for Violence at Charlottesville Rally

By GLENN THRUSH August 12, 2017 BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday condemned the bloody protests in Charlottesville, Va., but did not specifically criticize the white nationalist rally and its neo-Nazi slogans beyond blaming “hatred,...

Stories of New Orleans: As Monuments Go Down, Family Histories Emerge

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and KATY RECKDAHL May 24, 2017 NEW ORLEANS — The debate over the removal of four Confederate-era monuments has stewed here for nearly two years, longer than the city was under Confederate control, and it has not abated...