7/15/2018: The Monuments, Seaweed, Alma Deutscher
60 Minutes
CBS News
3.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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As debate over the takedown of Confederate monuments continues, Anderson Cooper examines why and when the statues went up in the first place. Lesley Stahl reports on a new type of farming -- with seaweed. Plus -- Scott Pelley introduces us to Alma Deutscher -- a 12 year old musician who is being called the "Second Mozart." Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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| 0:37.1 | For 133 years, a colossal statue of General Robert E. Lee towered over a traffic circle near downtown New Orleans. |
| 0:46.5 | Until last year, went to the cheers and jeers of onlookers, the Confederacy's most celebrated military hero was hoisted off its pedestal. |
| 0:56.0 | Really what these monuments were were a lie. |
| 0:58.0 | A lie in what sense? |
| 0:59.0 | Well, in the sense that Robert E. Lee was used as an example to send a message to the rest of the country |
| 1:05.0 | and to all the people that lived here, that the Confederacy was a noble cause. |
| 1:10.0 | And that's just not true. |
| 1:11.4 | This is incredible. |
| 1:12.8 | Mayor Landrieu agreed to show us what's become of Generals Lee and Beauregard. |
| 1:17.9 | They've been gathering dust for more than a year. |
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