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The artwork was vandalized during the local George Floyd protests, [4] [5] and later removed and stored out of public view. [6]In June 2023, the Mellon Foundation awarded the city of Portland and Lewis & Clark College a joint grant to hold public talks about the possible restoration of "The Promised Land" and other statues removed during the Floyd protests.
In Portland, a statue of an elk was removed after several bonfires lit beneath the statue caused structural damage to the statue's base. [13] A statue of York, a Black slave with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was removed by the University of Portland after it was vandalised. [14]
The second Twitter post showed a voter registration sheet for "elk Nightmare" and said, "The evil elk is now registered to vote". Pappas insisted the voter registration was not actually submitted for election purposes. He said Patriot Prayer was "having fun" and called the statue removal "a little push back to antifa". [1]
Within hours of being installed, the statue was vandalized in the form of a beheading by an unknown individual. [3] The plaque was later removed by Portland City Council (District 4) candidate Brandon Farley, who has been described as a "right-wing" videographer and calls himself as a "fearless Trump supporter" running to "Make Portland Great ...
The damaged bronze elk statue was removed for cleaning and safekeeping on July 2, 2020. [5] [6] [7] The stone fountain was removed on July 17, 2020, after RACC determined there was severe damage to the stone and basin of the fountain. [4] In 2024, the elk statue was repaired and construction on the fountain's replacement is set to begin in 2025 ...
The vandalized Thompson Elk Fountain in Plaza Blocks after the elk statue was removed on July 2, 2020. In early June, businesses reported losses totaling millions of dollars as the result of vandalism and looting, [200] and by mid-July damage was reported at $23 million, [201] although upon further investigation found to be closer to $5 million ...
One month later, an equestrian statue of King George III was erected. It was executed by the British sculptor Joseph Wilton. [3] Commissioned in 1764 and cast in lead covered with gold leaf, the Neoclassical statue showed King George dressed in Roman garb astride a horse, the whole effect being reminiscent of the Marcus Aurelius statue in Rome.
The Captain William Clark Monument, also known as Naming of Mt. Jefferson, [1] is an outdoor monument commemorating William Clark by art professor Michael Florin Dente, installed on the University of Portland campus, in Portland, Oregon, United States.