Mayor Mitch Landrieu's full address on the removal of the Confederate monuments | Complete speech

Mayor Mitch Landrieu in a strongly-worded address Friday as the last of the Confederate-era monuments was being removed, slammed the legacy of the Confederacy and said that while history should be remembered, it needn't be revered. "The Confederacy lost and we're better for it," he said. Landrieu said that the four statues were erected in the decades following the Civil War in an attempt to inspire fear among some. "They were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in the city," he said.