“Instead of revering a four-year brief historical aberration that was called the Confederacy we can celebrate all 300 years of our rich, diverse history as a place named New Orleans and set the tone for the next 300 years.” DiversityNew OrleansConfederate States Of America Author:Mitch Landrieu
“We have not erased history; we are becoming part of the city's history by righting the wrong image these monuments represent and crafting a better, more complete future for all our children and for future generations.” Moving OnNew OrleansFuture Generations Author:Mitch Landrieu
“These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, and the terror that it actually stood for.” Civil WarNew OrleansHistory Of The United StatesConfederate States Of America Author:Mitch Landrieu
“The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.” TogetherAmericaCitiesBehindsLeavingNew Orleans Author:Mitch Landrieu
“One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city.” PeopleTogetherIndividualBlackWhiteCitiesGenerationsSpecialDiverseNew OrleansMayorsNew GenerationSpecial Things Author:Mitch Landrieu
“One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.” PeopleWellsImportantTogetherBeautifulSimpleRichDiversityWeaknessNotionFocusedNew OrleansGumbo Author:Mitch Landrieu
“It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place with all of our heart and all of our soul and I just wanted to try to do something that I could to help make it better.” PeopleTryingHeartSoulHelpingWantedCommonCitiesThemeNew OrleansResilient Author:Mitch Landrieu
“The people of New Orleans have gotten to rock bottom. And the only way out in my mind is for them to really understand it, and then to really choose to get better.” PeopleWayMindRocksBottomGet BetterNew Orleans Author:Mitch Landrieu
