Tivoli Circle

It was a common local meeting point and the site remains a popular place to gather for Mardi Gras parades.

On June 24, 2015, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu acknowledged the impact of the June 2015 Charleston church shooting but credited a 2014 conversation with New Orleans jazz ambassador Wynton Marsalis for his decision to call for the removal of the Lee statue and renaming of Lee Circle and other city memorials of Confederate figures.

[9] On December 17, 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove the four monuments from public display.

On February 23, 2019, a rider was banned for life from a Mardi Gras parade for throwing beads bearing the likeness of the Lee statue, which she had created and sold online as a business venture for profit.

The beads were against a city ordinance that restricts advertising and political messaging, and were known to be non-compliant within Orleans Parish.