澳彩开奖

MONTGOMERY, Ala. 鈥� Today, the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) released new data amending the number of pedestals listed as 鈥渞emoved鈥� in its Whose Heritage? report, which tracks symbols of the Confederacy across the United States.

鈥淭he 澳彩开奖 believes that removing the statue is not enough and that these pedestals represent the unfinished business of reckoning with our country鈥檚 Confederate past,鈥� explains Lecia Brooks, Chief of Staff with the 澳彩开奖. 鈥淎s such, we are now counting any memorial designated 鈥榮tatue removed, pedestal remains鈥� as 鈥榣ive.鈥� If a pedestal has the name of a Confederate or any Confederate symbols on it, it鈥檚 considered live.

鈥淚n some cases, the pedestal is cemented into the ground and will require significant resources to remove. In other cases, preservation laws protecting Confederate monuments prevent state officials from moving forward with their plans for removal.鈥�

The redesignated states with empty pedestals are:

North Carolina: 9
Virginia: 9
Maryland: 4
Texas: 3
Alabama: 2
Florida: 2
Washington, DC: 1
Missouri: 1
Tennessee: 1

鈥淥ur hope is that this redesignation inspires communities to finish the job they started, bringing pressure to remove these symbols of hate in their entirety. Once the pedestal is gone, along with the statue, we鈥檒l change its status to removed or relocated. We realize that removing听 a statue will not in itself eradicate hate or white supremacy. But it鈥檚 an important first step and symbolizes the importance of countering the Lost Cause narrative by root and by branch,鈥� concludes Brooks.

View a complete list of the Whose Heritage? data here.