Liberty Place Monument Graffiti, circa 2004
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New Orleans anarchists defaced the monument the night before White Supremacist David Duke planned to hold a memorial ceremony.
Matt Toups, New Orleans Independent Media Center
This file appears in: Protest and Removal of Battle of Liberty Place Monument
Protest and Removal of Battle of Liberty Place Monument
Taken off the street in 1965 because of construction in the area, the Battle of Liberty Place monument returned in time for the anniversary of the battle in 1970. Around this time, the typical September 14th ceremony consisted of a wreath-laying…