Confederate monument removed from California cemetery

A Confederate monument recently vandalized with red paint and the word "racists" has been removed from a Southern California cemetery.The 9-foot-tall (2.7-meter) granite marker was placed at Santa Ana Cemetery by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 2004.The Orange County Cemetery District, which operates the cemetery, said the monument had become "an unsightly public nuisance" after the vandalism, and the district wanted to remove it quickly.