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A Confederate plaque on a wall outside the Bay department store in downtown Montreal was removed Tuesday evening, Hudson’s Bay Co. spokesperson Tiffany Bourré confirmed. Bourré did not specify the reasons for the plaque’s removal.

The plaque was dedicated to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

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Its presence was criticized after a protest in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday deteriorated into a clash between anti-racism protesters and white nationalists that left a 32-year-old woman dead after she was hit by a car. Some Montrealers demanded the plaque be removed.

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Located on the Bay wall facing Union Ave., the plaque was erected in 1957 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a women’s association from the south whose objective is to commemorate soldiers who were part of the Confederate States Army. It read in French: “To the memory of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States, who lived in 1867 in the home of John Lovell, which was once here.”