A monument to the "Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers" was unveiled on Sunday at Confederate Veterans Memorial Park, a swath of privately-owned land. David Coggins, the owner and developer of the land, said the unveiling had been planned for months, and the monument was ordered last year — well before the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee brought together white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month. Coggins, however, said the monument to the Confederacy has nothing to do with race. "There’s nothing racist about us," hetoldNBCaffiliateWSFA. Ariel Winter walks her talk (or rather, posts her talk) and is truly the embodiment of self-love.Instagram contentView on InstagramInstagram contentView on InstagramRelated: of our legacy of slavery and segregation, but in celebration of it," Mayor Landrieu said today in a released statement. "I believe we must remember all of our history, but we need not revere it. To literally put the Confederacy on a pedestal in some of our most prominent public places is not only an inaccurate reflection of our past, it is an affront to our present, and a bad prescription for our future. We should not be afraid to confront and reconcile our past.” Thank you for being a fan and thank you for your help." They have raised over $32,000 within the first day that the campaign was launched.