Per a unanimous vote by the Baltimore City Council the Robert E. Lee & "Stonewall" Jackson Monument, the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Confederate Women's Monument and the Roger B. Taney Monument were all taken down. This happened hours after President Trump reiterated that "both sides" were at fault during the Charlottesville, VA violence. Other cities such as Memphis, Tenn.; Lexington, Ky., Jacksonville, Fla. and Washington, D.C.are considering eliminating their own Confederate statues according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, over 700 Confederate monuments and statues remain on U.S. public land.
