At barricades by foot of Carrolton Avenue by Bayou St. John, 1 block away of equestrian statue of P.G.T. Beauregard that the New Orleans City Council had authorized to be removed from its prominent location. Preparations were underway to at the time detach and lift the statue off it's base. Barricades kept spectators back a full block, in part due to death threats against workers removing the monument. Groups of people gathered near the barricades, some cheering the removal, some protesting against it, and others merely curious to watch.

Man wears shirt "Battle of New Orleans 2017" "SHUT IT DOWN", presumably related to online neo-Confederate and alt-right hype that the response to the proposed removal Confederate monuments in New Orleans will be major battle which will shut the City down. To date with 3 of the 4 monuments already removed, no such incident has occurred.

The statue was in a small traffic circle called Beauregard Circle at the foot of Esplanade Avenue at one of the entrances to City Park at the intersection of Carrollton and Wisner Boulevard beside Bayou St. John. The statue was removed on the night of 16 May / early morning 17 May 2017, to be put in storage pending finalization of plans to put it in a museum, sculpture park, or similar facility with historic context.

Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, May 2017. Free reuse with author attribution in accordance with any of the licenses listed by the author/photographer. Reuse without photo attribution is a violation of copyright.