Hurricane Laura Rips Down 'South's Defenders' Confederate Statue In Lake Charles
Source: NPR
By BILL CHAPPELL
The Confederate statue bore the words "The South's Defenders." But when Hurricane Laura walloped Lake Charles, La., Thursday, the controversial statue was toppled by one of the strongest storms ever to hit Louisiana.
Protesters had asked the parish to remove the prominent memorial this summer, only to be turned away — prompting talk of an economic boycott. Then came the hurricane.
The South's Defenders Memorial Monument features a young flag-bearing soldier, looking out over the lawn of the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse, where it has stood for more than 100 years. But Laura, which came ashore as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph, knocked the soldier off its pedestal and onto the grass.
To resident Renee C., who didn't want to use her last name out of concern that her employer might not approve, the downing of the statue is one of the only bright spots from Laura's tumultuous visit to Lake Charles.
The controversial South's Defenders Memorial Monument has stood at the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse in Lake Charles, La., for more than 100 years. But Hurricane Laura has toppled the soldier.
Courtesy of Renee C.
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....and it's mightily pissed! Isn't things like hurricanes the bread & butter of the tv preachermen to rail against gays or abortion or lack of Bible preaching in schools, etc.? This one has to leave those unholy vermin speechless. How beautiful is the coming together of an act of God, the monument to treasonous/racist southern bigots & on the day the Nazi filth accepts the nomination of his criminal party. Karma doesn't get any better than this
