The obelisk, known as the Liberty Monument, commemorates an 1874 uprising of white Democrats against the biracial Republican administration that ruled Louisiana after the Civil War.

Charles Keck - Liberty Monument (Ticonderoga, New York)

Jesse Clyde Nichols (J.C.), a real estate developer, was a lead proponent of the Liberty Monument.

The statue of Lenin was torn down in August 1991-one of the final months of the Soviet Union-and replaced by the Liberty Monument in 2006.

He is especially known for his Liberty Monument, located in one of Baghdad's main squares.

The Branch also played an integral part in the effort to pass and implement the City's open accommodations ordinance and the removal of the Liberty Monument so-called from public view.

Liberty Monument is a historic monument located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York.

On November 23, 2006, the Liberty Monument depicting St George slaying the dragon, created by Zurab Tsereteli, was unveiled in the same place.

There were some arrests - four by one account, 40 by another - of people who tried to approach the Liberty Monument.

In a recent column, Keith Woods, city editor of The Times-Picayune wrote: "Put the Liberty Monument back.