New Orleans removes its final Confederate-era statue

Prominent monument to Robert E Lee was removed after a long and divisive battle over whether old emblems represent racism or an honorable heritageAfter decades standing sentinel over New Orleans, the last of four Confederate monuments are gone, amid a controversy that at times hearkened back to the divisiveness of the civil war they commemorated. A statue of Gen Robert E Lee facing defiantly north with his arms crossed was lifted by a crane from its pedestal late Friday. As air was seen between