Should the statue of Robert E. Lee come alive and decide to remove himself from his 60-foot perch, he won’t have to jump.
Should the statue of Robert E. Lee come alive and decide to remove himself from his 60-foot perch without the aid of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration, he won’t have to jump.
Apparently there is a staircase that winds its way up the pedestal to where Lee stands, according to a schematic released Friday morning (May 19) by the city.
The drawing shows the height and architecture of the various components of the monument that has stood at one of New Orleans’ only traffic circles for 133 years. It shows the actual statue of Lee to be 16 feet, 6 inches tall, standing on an 8-foot, 4-inch base. Those parts are to be removed. The pedestal itself will remain, according to the drawing.
Take a look:
