NEW ORLEANS — A Mid-City monument commemorating the first Confederate field officer killed in the Civil War was vandalized this week. The vandalism is being investigated as a “criminal mischief incident,” police spokesman Gary Scheets told HuffPost. The text on the monument reads:Col. Charles Didier Dreux Born in New Orleans May 11, 1832 First Con. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s press secretary, Craig Belden, told HuffPost the Department of Parks and Parkways is coordinating the cleanup of the statue. The city removed Davis’ monument and three other Confederate-era monuments after Landrieu and a group of concerned citizens pushed for their removal.

Source: Huffington Post May 02, 2018 20:37 UTC