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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.
Brophy said that the Lee statue in Charlottesville should be removed. [27] Julian Hayter, a historian at the University of Richmond, supports a different approach for the statues: re-contextualization. He supports adding a "footnote of epic proportions" such as a prominent historical sign or marker that explains the context in which they were ...
Robert E. Lee Statue at Antietam Creek, Antietam National Battlefield (2003) [313] The statue is attempting to be removed by legislation through H.R.970 (2019) [314] and the National Park Service acknowledges the inaccuracies of the statue and educates those in the park accordingly. Samuel Garland, Jr. Monument (1993) [315]
Three other statues honoring white supremacists — including former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina — would also be immediately removed under the legislation. Longer-term ...
A pair of statues honoring the Confederacy in Jacksonville’s Springfield Park were taken down Wednesday under the orders of the city’s mayor. “This is not in any way an attempt to erase ...
The equestrian statue of General Stuart was removed from its pedestal and placed into storage on July 7, 2020 after having stood there for 113 years. The removal was in response to nationally reported events of police brutality and a corresponding emergency declaration in Virginia. [ 1 ]
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 claim: George Floyd statue removed from National Mall. A Jan. 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a statue of George Floyd, the Black man whose death at the hands of a white ...