The Confederate Monument was a memorial installed in
Los Angeles
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a full-service cemetery, funeral home, crematory, and cultural events center which regularly hosts community events such as live music and summer movie screenings. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angel ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
California
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, honoring all
Confederates who had died or would die on the Pacific coast. Erected in 1925 in the Confederate section of the cemetery, it was removed in August 2017.
Description
The quotation on the plaque is from
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
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's poem "Recessional" (1897): ''"Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!"''
History
The monument was "covered with a tarp and whisked away in the middle of the night after activists called for its removal and vandals spray-painted the word 'No' on its back," on August 15, 2017.
This was inspired by the events of the white nationalist
Unite the Right rally
The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, ...
in
Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11–12.
See also
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List of Confederate monuments and memorials
In the United States, the public display of Confederate monuments, memorials and symbols has been and continues to be controversial. The following is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials that were established as public displays and symb ...
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Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
More than 100 monuments and memorials to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy) and associated figures have been removed, all but five since 2015. Some have been removed by state and local governments; others have been torn do ...
References
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2017 disestablishments in California
Buildings and structures in Los Angeles
Monuments and memorials in California
Outdoor sculptures in Greater Los Angeles
Relocated buildings and structures in California
Removed Confederate States of America monuments and memorials
Vandalized works of art in California
Culture of Hollywood, Los Angeles