For some, this is the last stand of the Confederacy.
Numerous streets in New Orleans, some prominent, some small, all named for Confederate officers could be changed in the coming future as plans to rename Jefferson Davis Parkway move forward.
Major thoroughfares like Robert E. Lee Boulevard, General Nichols Street, General Taylor and General Meyer on the Westbank are among those that could be conscripted to the ash heap of history.
Small streets, such as Capdeville, which runs one block behind the Court of Appeals building, is another example of a minor street named for a Confederate.
According to the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate 22 streets and parks could change names if the City Council chooses to bury the city’s Confederate past.
The City Council mobilized the Street Renaming Commission Tuesday and is tasked with erasing Confederate names from parks and streets as symbols of oppression left over by an outlaw nation that lasted a scant five years more than 150-years ago and was responsible for America’s bloodiest conflict.
“I think we’re going to start with the Confederates first and let that be the discussion point,” Councilman Joe Giarrusso said. “I think it’s easy to say that for the Confederates: they fought against their country, they were traitors, so therefore do we want to have things that reflect who they are?”
Could renaming finally bring a reconciling that the Confederacy lost the Civil War?
“To the victor, go the spoils…”