Should the Robert E Lee statue be taken down?

The Robert E. Lee Monument formerly in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a historic statue dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee by noted American sculptor Alexander Doyle. It was removed (intact) by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017.Click to see full answer. Likewise, why was Robert E Lee’s statue taken down?The momentum accelerated in August 2017 after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The removals were driven by the belief that the monuments glorify white supremacy and memorialize a treasonous government whose founding principle was the perpetuation and expansion of slavery.Also, how many statues were removed in New Orleans? New Orleans city workers removed four monuments in April dedicated to the Confederacy and opponents of Reconstruction. The city council had declared the monuments a public nuisance. The monuments removed were of Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, Davis and Lee. Also, what does the Robert E Lee statue mean? The Dallas Southern Memorial Association erected the statue to reassert the ideals Lee represented to the Lost Cause: white Southern pride, honor, gentlemanliness, strength, and supremacy.What is the Robert E Lee statue made of?New York artist Alexander Doyle was commissioned to create the bronze statue of Lee himself, for the price of $10,000 (1884 dollars, which equates to nearly a quarter of a million dollars in 2015). The statue was cast in bronze in six different sections.