people in Decatur focused their energy and vandalism on the Confederate obelisk outside the Historic DeKalb Courthouse. About half of DeKalb County’s 764,000 residents identify as Black or ...

As a large crane pulled down the obelisk just before midnight Thursday, people chanted, “Take it down! Take it down!” Others applauded. “The Confederate obelisk has become an increasingly ...

“The Confederate obelisk has become an increasingly frequent target of graffiti and vandalism, a figurative lightning rod for friction among citizens, and a potential catastrophe that could ...

Other parts of the cemetery were damaged too — the Confederate Obelisk, Confederate tombstones and one of the new contextual historical markers. As for the Lion, the City Council voted in August ...

a crane moved in and took down a Confederate monument that stood in the town square of an Atlanta suburb since 1908. The stone obelisk was lifted from its base with straps amid jeers and chants of ...

An obelisk was placed in front of a courthouse in Leakesville, Mississippi, with the names of Confederate soldiers from the county. In May, a massive Confederate flag was hoisted above private ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Confederate monument at a Tennessee cemetery has been vandalized with graffiti. News outlets reported Tuesday that the monument at Confederate Circle in Nashville's Mount ...

However, in a slightly dissonant salute to the monument’s original purpose, the granite pedestal supporting the obelisk would remain the same. It would still say “Our Confederate Dead,” and ...

With hundreds of people watching as midnight approached, a crane moved in and took down a Confederate monument that stood in the town square of an Atlanta suburb since 1908. The stone obelisk was ...

a crane moved in and took down a Confederate monument that stood in the town square of an Atlanta suburb since 1908. The stone obelisk was lifted from its base with straps amid jeers and chants of ...