SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Crews have loaded up and hauled away the first pieces of the dismantled Caddo Confederate monument from outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in downtown Shreveport.
A large flatbed truck arrived at the courthouse Thursday morning, and crews began loading the pieces of the monument, including the Confederate soldier that once stood atop the monument.
The process began three weeks ago, about a month after the $782,000 contract with Florida-based Energy Products and Services Corp. was signed. The contract calls for the removal to be completed no later than December 31, 2022.
The marble and granite monument was erected between 1902 and 1906 on the grounds of the Caddo Parish Courthouse, which was built in 1926, where two previous courthouses stood. One of those original courthouses even served as the state capital of Louisiana during the Civil War.
Crews working to dismantle the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse discovered a time capsule beneath one of the bust on June 4, 2022. (Image courtesy: Twin Blends Photography)Work continued Friday on dismantling the Confederate monument that has stood on the Caddo Parish Courthouse lawn in downtown Shreveport for more than 115 years. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Friday on dismantling the Confederate monument that has stood on the Caddo Parish Courthouse lawn in downtown Shreveport for more than 115 years. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Friday on dismantling the Confederate monument that has stood on the Caddo Parish Courthouse lawn in downtown Shreveport for more than 115 years. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Friday on dismantling the Confederate monument that has stood on the Caddo Parish Courthouse lawn in downtown Shreveport for more than 115 years. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Friday on dismantling the Confederate monument that has stood on the Caddo Parish Courthouse lawn in downtown Shreveport for more than 115 years. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Friday on dismantling the Confederate monument that has stood on the Caddo Parish Courthouse lawn in downtown Shreveport for more than 115 years. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Friday on dismantling the Confederate monument that has stood on the Caddo Parish Courthouse lawn in downtown Shreveport for more than 115 years. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Monday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Monday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Monday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Tuesday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Tuesday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Tuesday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Tuesday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Wednesday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Wednesday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)Work continued Wednesday on dismantling the Confederate monument outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse in preparation for its move to a historic battlefield site in De Soto Parish. (Source: KTAL/KMSS Staff)
