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The following monuments and memorials were removed during the George Floyd protests, mainly due to their connections to racism.The majority are in the United States and mostly commemorate the Confederate States of America (CSA), but some monuments were also removed in other countries, for example the statues of slave traders in the United Kingdom.
The statue was first placed in front of the monument before its removal, then raised to the pedestal. Artist Pablo Machioli said "his original idea was to construct a pregnant mother as a symbol of life. 'I feel like people would understand and respect that'". The statue was vandalized several times before it was removed by the city. [93] [94]
The statue is a "portrait of Albert Pike as a Masonic leader and not as a general in the military." [146] [147] [148] "Eight D.C. elected officials have asked the National Park Service to remove" the statue. [149]
A Kentucky commission voted Friday to take down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol, adding its voice to a global push to remove symbols of racism and slavery.
A Kentucky state committee has voted to remove a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol building. In a near-unanimous vote on Friday, the state's Historic ...
While he was in office, former President Donald Trump opposed removing Confederate statues and monuments, calling their removal “foolish.” In 2020, Trump also opposed an effort to rename Army ...
Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, painting c. 1859 Statue of William Pitt (1770) The first monumental statue in what was to become the United States of America was a sculpture of William Pitt erected at the corner of Meeting and Broad streets in Civic Square in Charleston, SC on July 5, 1770.
The statue was removed on August 30, 2015. [7] A statue of Jefferson Davis stood in Memphis Park (originally, "Confederate Park" [8]) in Memphis, Tennessee. Removed in 2017. A large 351-foot (107 m) tall concrete obelisk at the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site in Fairview, Kentucky marks the site of his birthplace. Construction of the ...