The General Beauregard Equestrian Statue, honoring P. G. T. Beauregard, was located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The statue, by Alexander Doyle, one of the premier American sculptors, was officially unveiled in 1915.
On June 24, 2015, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu acknowledged the impact of the June 2015 Charleston church shooting, and after talking with New Orleans jazz ambassador Wynton Marsalis, Landrieu called for the removal of several city memorials to Confederates.
On December 17, 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted 6-to-1 to remove the Gen. Beauregard Statue, along with three other historical monuments built 100 to 135 years ago. Mayor Landrieu announced that the removal of the monuments would happen within days.[citation needed]
The statue's removal began on May 16, 2017,[4] and was completed on May 17.
After the statue was removed, its pedestal remained in place. On July 25, 2018 after the base of the statue was removed, a time capsule was discovered to exist. The capsule was opened on August 3, 2018 and found to contain Confederatememorabilia, including photos of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, along with flags, currency, medals, ribbons and other paper items related to the city. Officials stated that the copper box was placed in the statue's pedestal on November 14, 1913, a year before the statue was erected.[5]
^"General Beauregard equestrian statue". National Register of Historic Places – Registration Form. National Park Service. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^Schachar, Natalie (August 15, 2015). "Jindal seeks to block removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
^Jamiel Lynch and Darran Simon (May 17, 2017). "PGT Beauregard Confederate statue comes down in New Orleans". CNN. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
^Andreas Preuss / CNN (August 6, 2018). "Flags, cash and medals found in Louisiana hidden inside a 1913 Confederate time capsule". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved August 7, 2018. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
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