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Dec 28 2023
News
As cities take down Confederate memorials, Florida bill seeks to stop them — and put the statues back up
Confederate monuments have come down in Orlando, Tampa and most recently Jacksonville as part of a nationwide reckoning with public memorials that commemorate the Confederacy. But if a bill becomes law next year, local leaders could be fined and even booted from office if they remove those monuments. State Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, is pushing the measure to protect monuments, including
Orlando SentinelOct 05 2023
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Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, re-emerges in Johnston
Three years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles (14 kilometers) west of the capital. The statue had been targeted by vandals, at one point being splashed with red paint with a sign reading “Stop celebrating genocide” leaning against its pedestal.
WJAR 10Apr 19 2024
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Brazil’s Afrotourism Push Is Better Late Than Never
Welcome to the Better Travel Bureau, where we dive into the business of making tourism more equitable, more inclusive and less harmful to the environment—who’s transforming the industry, what’s changing and is it actually possible? Rhonda Holder’s first visit to Brazil came from a desire to see Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Copacabana beach, Christ the Redeemer statue and colorful Selarón
BloombergOct 27 2023
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Foundry Workers Melt Down Charlottesville's Divisive Robert E. Lee Statue
The controversial bronze statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that stood for nearly a century in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been melted down so that it may someday be transformed into a public art installation. On Saturday, at a foundry in an undisclosed location in the American South, workers cut the infamous figure into small pieces, then fed those pieces into a 2,250-degree
Smithsonian MagazineOct 27 2023
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Charlottesville’s Lee statue meets its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace
It was a choice to melt down Robert E. Lee. But it would have been a choice to keep him intact, too.
So the statue of the Confederate general that once stood in Charlottesville — the one that prompted the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017 — was now being cut into fragments and dropped into a furnace, dissolving into a sludge of glowing bronze.
Six years ago, groups with ties
Washington PostApr 17 2024
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Finding New York: 500th anniversary of Giovanni de Verrazzano historic voyage of discovery
For many people around the globe, New York City is just a flight away. With three major airports, tunnels, bridges and cruise ship terminals, the Big Apple is easily accessible to millions of visitors each year. People flock here to experience the bustling city life, to snap a selfie with the Statue of Liberty, to see a Broadway show, to enjoy a stroll in Central Park... or simply to devour a
Fox News (Online News)Nov 24 2021
Opinion
Statues of Jefferson are coming down in the U.S.; statues of Stalin are going up in Russia
Americans are again battling over history.
Is the year 1619 as important as 1776? Shall we tear down statues of Robert E. Lee — or go further and topple Thomas Jefferson too? Is the left telling a “twisted web of lies” (as President Trump put it) about America’s “magnificent” history, or was the U.S. indeed built on a rotten foundation of genocide, disenfranchisement, bigotry and
Los Angeles TimesOct 20 2023
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Cleveland museum sues to stop seizure of statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius
CLEVELAND — (AP) — The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius. A warrant signed by a judge in Manhattan on Aug. 14 ordered the seizure of the statue, which the museum acquired in 1986 and had been a highlight of its collection of ancient Roman art. The museum
Action News JaxOct 20 2023
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Cleveland museum sues to stop seizure of statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius. A warrant signed by a judge in Manhattan on Aug. 14 ordered the seizure of the statue, which the museum acquired in 1986 and had been a highlight of its collection of ancient Roman art. The museum
ABC 27 WHTMNov 07 2023
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Man charged in shooting of Spokane activist over conquistador statue appeals detention order
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge’s order to deny bail is being challenged by a New Mexico man charged with attempted murder in the September shooting of a Native American activist during confrontations about canceled plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador, according to court documents obtained Tuesday. Attorneys for defendant Ryan David Martinez, 23, are urging the New Mexico Court
The Seattle Times