For better or worse, it is apparently a contradiction that residents of New Orleans will not have to live with any more, at least not in the form of a bronze Jefferson Davis staring out over Canal ...

"This morning we continue our march to reconciliation by removing the Jefferson Davis Confederate statue from its pedestal of reverence," tweeted New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu before the statue ...

NEW ORLEANS — Workers Thursday morning removed the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans, the second of four Confederate monuments slated for removal in a contentious ...

Jefferson Davis served as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, although his legacy as rebel leader does not exactly shine in the historical record. The Civil War ...

The monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis was taken off its ... and a white supremacist militia from public land in New Orleans. Once again, crews in helmets, masks and body armor ...

with bottles thrown and Confederate flags lobbed--and at least one set aflame--after a group of New Orleans residents entered the space immediately surrounding the city's Jefferson Davis monument ...

Dana Farley of New Orleans joins a candlelight vigil April 24 at the statue of Jefferson Davis. Gerald Herbert/AP The mayor’s office said the city has secured private funding to remove the moments.

NEW ORLEANS – Workers Thursday morning removed the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans, the second of four Confederate monuments slated for removal in a contentious ...

Workers in New Orleans dismantled the city's Jefferson Davis monument early Thursday, removing the prominent statue of the Confederate leader that had stood for more than 100 years. "This historic ...