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A bit of a delay in moving the Confederate Monument from in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse.

Caddo Parish leaders are getting closer to moving the Confederate monument from in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse.

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Caddo Commissioners have agreed to put patriotic messages around the monument.

The monument is being boxed up before it eventually gets moved.

The long, drawn out battle has ended between the Caddo Commission and UDC.

The Caddo Commission overwhelmingly voted to build a container around the monument.

This sounds like what's been happening in Caddo Parish. But there is one major difference. The Confederate Monument in front of the Caddo Courthouse is still there.

The committee has allocated $500,000 to pay for removing the statue, if needed. That prompted Jackie Nichols, spokesperson for Shreveport Chapter #237 United Daughters of the Confederacy to issue this statement: Do not Fund moving the monument in your budget. NEVER has Shreveport Chapter said that we could or WOULD pay for any moving of our monument.

Caddo Parish leaders could vote to use tax money to move the Confederate Monument from in front of the courthouse. But a vote of the full Caddo Parish Commission is not expected until the first meeting in December.