Seditionists Lose Their Statues

It's welcome news that the city of New Orleans has finally taken the step of removing 4 statues honoring people who committed treason against the United States in the Civil War.  Among the Confederate figures are Generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard, and Confederate "President" Jefferson Davis, in addition to a statue commemorating the Confederate soldiers who fought in the battle of Liberty Place.  One hundred and fifty years after the end of the Civil War, this country is finally starting to come to terms with some of the symbols of the insurrection to preserve slavery:  the Confederate battle flag being removed from public areas (at the cost of 9 African-American lives in Charleston, S.C.), statues commemorating Confederate soldiers, and so forth. It's still woefully inadequate. The prevalence of the symbols of slavery and treason is still obnoxiously widespread throughout the U.S., and it will take steady determination and persistence to remove them and put them where they belong: in history museums. But good for New Orleans.