The Battle of Liberty Place monument, a symbol of 19th-century white supremacist sentiments, was removed from its place near the foot of Canal Street on April 24, 2017 . Its elimination from public view was the first of several take downs of symbols of New Orleans’ racist past.

The obelisk-shaped, stone sculpture has not been seen since. But in October, the notorious artifact is scheduled to appear at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles , as part of an exhibit that — according to a MOCA press release — is meant to consider the “legacies of post-Civil War America as they continue to resonate today, bringing together a selection of decommissioned monuments, many of which are Confederate.”

The exhibit, titled Monuments, will include historical public artworks that were removed

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