Axios – ‘In the past week, confederate statues have been in the spotlight. After the “Unite the Right” rally, which was started in opposition of the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, turned violent in Charlottesville, other officials across the country began removing statues in their own cities. While many statues have been up for years, some weren’t erected until after the Civil Rights Act. Here’s when Confederate memorials were erected throughout history..”

See also – This tool lets you find the Confederate monument closest to you [“To create this tool, Quartz started with the SPLC’s list of Confederate monuments then removed roads with multiple geographies or memorials with no fixed location. The list was created in 2015 and as such, some of the memorials have since been removed or are slated to be removed–when possible we indicate that such is case. When two dates are given for the creation of a monument, the older date was used to calculate its age.”]