Liberty Place Monument
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The Liberty Place Monument is a controversial New Orleans memorial that once commemorated an 1874 white supremacist insurrection against the city’s Reconstruction-era government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Liberty Place Monument canonical | 1 |
| Liberty Place monument (later removed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7222385 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liberty Place Monument Context triple: [Battle of Liberty Place, hasMonument, Liberty Place Monument]
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A.
This Is the Place Monument
This Is the Place Monument is a historic landmark in Salt Lake City, Utah, commemorating the arrival and settlement of Mormon pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley.
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B.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a prominent neoclassical war memorial and iconic centerpiece of Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis, commemorating Indiana’s veterans.
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C.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a prominent Civil War memorial in Boston honoring the city’s Union military personnel.
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D.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch is a historic triumphal arch in Hartford, Connecticut, commemorating the city’s Civil War soldiers and sailors.
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E.
Veterans Plaza
Veterans Plaza is a commemorative area within Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee, dedicated to honoring military veterans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liberty Place Monument Target entity description: The Liberty Place Monument is a controversial New Orleans memorial that once commemorated an 1874 white supremacist insurrection against the city’s Reconstruction-era government.
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A.
This Is the Place Monument
This Is the Place Monument is a historic landmark in Salt Lake City, Utah, commemorating the arrival and settlement of Mormon pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley.
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B.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a prominent neoclassical war memorial and iconic centerpiece of Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis, commemorating Indiana’s veterans.
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C.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a prominent Civil War memorial in Boston honoring the city’s Union military personnel.
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D.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch is a historic triumphal arch in Hartford, Connecticut, commemorating the city’s Civil War soldiers and sailors.
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E.
Veterans Plaza
Veterans Plaza is a commemorative area within Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee, dedicated to honoring military veterans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate-related monument
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monument ⓘ public memorial ⓘ |
| associatedEventDate | 1874 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Orleans city politics
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Reconstruction government of Louisiana ⓘ |
| commemoratedGroup | White League ⓘ |
| commemorates |
1874 white supremacist insurrection in New Orleans
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Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ insurrection against the Reconstruction-era government of Louisiana ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizedFor |
glorifying white supremacist violence
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undermining Reconstruction-era democracy ⓘ |
| currentStatus | removed from its original public site ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
news coverage about Confederate monument removals
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scholarly discussions of memory and Reconstruction ⓘ |
| governedBy | City of New Orleans ordinances on monuments ⓘ |
| hasBeenTargetOf |
protests
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vandalism ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEra | post–American Civil War period ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionAbout |
overthrow of the Reconstruction government
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participants in the Battle of Liberty Place ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext |
Reconstruction era
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post–Civil War racial politics in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfControversy | racial and historical memory controversy ⓘ |
| ideologicallyAssociatedWith |
Lost Cause of the Confederacy
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white supremacy ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
debates over Confederate monuments
ⓘ
public controversy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
civil rights organizations
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many New Orleans residents ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of New Orleans ⓘ |
| relocationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| removalOrderedBy |
Mayor Mitch Landrieu
ⓘ
linked to:
Mitch Landrieu
|
| removedBy | City of New Orleans ⓘ |
| removedFromPublicDisplay | 2017 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | some heritage and Confederate memorial groups ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
racial oppression for many observers
ⓘ
white supremacist resistance to Reconstruction ⓘ |
| unveiledIn | 1891 ⓘ |
| wasErectedBy | City of New Orleans ⓘ |
| wasOriginallyLocatedAt | near the foot of Canal Street, New Orleans ⓘ |
| wasRelocatedTo | a less prominent location near a parking lot in New Orleans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Liberty Place Monument Description of subject: The Liberty Place Monument is a controversial New Orleans memorial that once commemorated an 1874 white supremacist insurrection against the city’s Reconstruction-era government.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Liberty Place Monument