Confederate monument still standing nearly a year after vote to remove it

By Harlan Kirgan on Friday, March 3, 2023
  • St. Landry Parish Council member Nancy Carriere questions Parish President Jessie Bellard about moving the Confederate monument off the courthouse square. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    St. Landry Parish Council member Nancy Carriere questions Parish President Jessie Bellard about moving the Confederate monument off the courthouse square. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    The memorial to Confederate soldiers from St. Landry Parish on the courthouse square remains standing nearly a year after the Parish Council voted for its removal. On Wednesday, the Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee voted for a “complete plan” within six weeks for its removal by the Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of the Confederacy. In April 2022, the Council voted for m...

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