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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 ...
The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of ...
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.
After the death of George Floyd in late May, more than 130 Confederate statues and tributes to divisive historical figures have come down in a flurry of protests, acts of vandalism and government ...
On August 16, 2017, a majority of the members of the Maryland State House Trust voted to move the Annapolis statue from the State House grounds to storage. It was removed on August 18, 2017. [95] The Baltimore statue was removed by the City of Baltimore on August 18, 2017 and taken into storage. [96]
The measure passed the House in the last Congress but stalled in the GOP-controlled Senate. House to vote to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol Skip to main content
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 ]
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 ...