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New Orleans Confederate-Era Monument Taken Down

Sophia Germer/The Advocate via AP

Monument supporters collect their flags before the removal of a Confederate monument to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in front of City Park in New Orleans, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Workers in New Orleans took down a Confederate monument to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard early Wednesday.