The fall of the Confederacy

Construction crews prepare a monument of Robert E. Lee, who was a general in the Confederate Army, for removal in New Orleans, La., on May 19, 2017. (Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)

Workers prepare to take down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Lee Circle in New Orleans, Friday, May 19, 2017. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)

Onlookers stand by as workers prepare to take down a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, who commanded Confederate armies fighting the United States in the Civil War, at Lee Circle in New Orleans, Friday, May 19, 2017. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)

Workers in protective gear attach straps to the statue of Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard as it is prepared for removal from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans, March 17, 2017. The city council voted to remove the monument and three other Confederate and white supremacist monuments in Dec. 2015. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

Anti-monument protesters gather Tuesday, May 16, 2017, as the Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard is prepared for removal from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

A statue of Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard is prepared for removal, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. The city council voted to remove the monument and three other Confederate and white supremacist monuments in Dec. 2015. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

Matthew Moore, who supports taking down Confederate monuments, came to watch a construction crew remove a monument of Confederate Gen. P.G.T Beauregard at the entrance to City Park in New Orleans, May 16, 2017. (Photo: Cheryl Gerber/Reuters)

A statue of Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard is removed just after 3 a.m. CST, Wed., May 17, 2017, from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

New Orleans Police mounted patrol officers keep watch over a crowd that gathered to watch the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard Wed., May 17, 2017, from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

Protesters gather before a monument of Jefferson Davis is removed in New Orleans on May 11, 2017. (Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)

People against the removal of Confederate-era statues demonstrate across the street from the Jefferson Davis statue, in anticipation of its imminent removal in New Orleans, Thursday, May 11, 2017. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

A monument of Jefferson Davis is removed in New Orleans on May 11, 2017. (Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)

Demonstrators who support keeping Confederate-era monuments protest before the Jefferson Davis statue was taken down in New Orleans, Thurs., May 11, 2017. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

New Orleans police officers stand guard as a monument of Jefferson Davis is removed in New Orleans on May 11, 2017. (Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)

Dana Farley of New Orleans participates in a candlelight vigil at the statue of Jefferson Davis in New Orleans, Mon., April 24, 2017.(Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

Workers dismantle the Liberty Place monument, which commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government, in New Orleans. It was removed overnight in an attempt to avoid disruption from supporters who want the monuments to stay. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

A demonstrator who supports keeping Confederate-era monuments in place argues with a woman, not pictured, who supports their removal, as workers dismantle the Liberty Place monument Monday, April 24, 2017. It was removed overnight in an attempt to avoid disruption from supporters who want the monuments to stay. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

Workers dismantle the Liberty Place monument, which commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government, in New Orleans. It was removed overnight in an attempt to avoid disruption from supporters who want the monuments to stay. (Photo: Scott Threlkeld/AP)

Former Ku Klux Klan leader and current Senate candidate David Duke tries to speak as he is taunted by hecklers, prior to a protest organized by Take ’Em Down NOLA, Sept. 24, 2016. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)

Workers wrap protective materials around a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis as they prepare to move the sculpture on the University of Texas campus, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The Davis statue will be moved and placed in the school’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History as part of an educational display. (Photo: Eric Gay/AP)

A statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis is moved from the front of the school’s main tower at the University of Texas campus, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Eric Gay/AP)

The Confederate battle flag is removed from the pole at the South Carolina statehouse grounds during a ceremony in Columbia, July 10, 2015. South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds after three weeks of emotional debate over the banner, a symbol of slavery and racism to many, of Southern heritage and pride to others. (Photo: Jason Miczek/Reuters)

An honor guard from the South Carolina Highway Patrol lowers the Confederate battle flag as it is removed from the Capitol grounds, Friday, July 10, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. The move was a stunning political reversal in a state where many thought the rebel banner would fly indefinitely. (Photo: John Bazemore/AP)