seemingly given new life. here's nick valencia. >> reporter: it's not just in the south. this week across america symbols of the confederacy were either taken down or vandalized. sparking the fight over several hundred monuments. they removed two commemorative plaques for general robert e. lee. >> because of this man, 300,000 americans were killed 3467. >> at some point you've got to move on, and you can't do stuff like this. it's just crazy. >> reporter: earlier in the week in durham, north carolina demonstrators toppled the statue of a confederate statue. seven protesters were arrested. at weston, arizona state and local officials woke up thursday to an extensively damaged confederate monument along the