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On the eve of the Civil War, New Orleans was far more cosmopolitan than Southern, with its sizable population of immigrants, Northern-born businessmen, and white and Black Creoles. However, by 1880 New Orleans rivaled Richmond as a bastion of the Lost Cause. After Appomattox, a significant number of Confederate veterans moved into the city giving elites the backing to form a Confederate civic culture. While it's fair to say that the three Confederate monuments and the white supremacist Liberty Monument all came out of this dangerous nostalgia, the authors argue that each monument embodies its own story and mirrors the city and the times. The Lee monument expressed the bereavement of veterans and a desire to reconcile with the North, though strictly on their own terms. The Davis monument articulated the will of the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association to solidify the Lost Cause and Southern patriotism. The Beauregard Monument honored a local hero, but symbolized the waning of French New Orleans and rising Americanization. The Liberty Monument represented white supremacy and the cruel hypocrisy of celebrating a past that never existed. Gill and Hunter contextualize these statues rather than polarize, interviewing people who are on both sides, including citizens, academics, public intellectuals, and former mayor Mitch Landrieu.

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Howard Hunter is a native of New Orleans and a history teacher of thirty-six years. He has published articles on New Orleans and the Civil War for both academic and general audiences. He is past president of the Louisiana Historical Society. James Gill is a writer and a columnist who worked for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Louisiana, before joining the staff of The Advocate. He is author of Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans. Logan Stearns is a voice actor who moved to the big city from a small town in the middle of nowhere. He knows he was living in the middle of nowhere because Courage the cowardly dog was his neighbor. Logan has provided his voice to several narrative podcasts, a TV show on FX, and the upcoming show Afterlife Defense Department. Now he is entering into the world of audiobook narration. He's found success in narrating fantasy, science fiction, and erotic literature. Logan was inspired to become a voice actor from the greats: Nolan North, Laura Bailey, and Levar Burton. He hopes to one day narrate enough audiobooks to make a playlist for the audience to listen to for hours on end while they drink their morning coffee, study for a test, or drift into sleep after a long day of work.

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