Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans)
The Robert E. Lee Monument, formerly in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a historic statue dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee by American sculptor Alexander Doyle. It was removed (intact) by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017. Any future display is uncertain.
The monument in 2015
Robert E. Lee Monument, close up
Spectators watching the Lee statue lifted from its column
Alexander Doyle (1857–1922) was an American sculptor.
Doyle's "Confederate Soldier" (1885); in background Doyle's equestrian statue of General Albert Sidney Johnston (1877), Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans.
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