More than 2,000 Confederate symbols still standing across the U.S., report says

More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S., according to a report released Thursday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. 

Of those symbols, 685 are Confederate monuments, the nonprofit legal advocacy group based in Montgomery, Alabama, said. The remaining symbols are a mixture of government buildings, plaques, markers, schools, parks, counties, cities, military property, and streets and highways named after anyone associated with the Confederacy, the report said.

Americans remain divided on how to preserve the Confederate legacy. More than 50% of Americans support preserving the history of the Confederacy, a 2024 survey from the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute poll found, views virtually unchanged from a survey conducted two years prior.