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Goddess of Democracy is a replica of the original Goddess of Democracy statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, installed in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California. [1] The sculpture stands in Portsmouth Square.
The Goddess of Democracy, also known as the Goddess of Democracy and Freedom, the Spirit of Democracy, [1] and the Goddess of Liberty (自由女神; zìyóu nǚshén [1]), was a 10-metre-tall (33 ft) statue created during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Portsmouth Square (traditional Chinese: 花園角; simplified Chinese: 花园角; pinyin: Huāyuán jiǎo; Jyutping: Faa 1 jyun 4 Gok 3), formerly known as Portsmouth Plaza, [1] and originally known as Plaza de Yerba Buena, [2] [3] or simply La Plaza, [4] is a one-block plaza (57,516 sq ft (5,343.4 m 2)) in Chinatown, San Francisco, California.
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It replaces a statue of Father Junípero Serra, the founder of California’s notorious mission system, long a symbol of Native pain and oppression. Protesters toppled Serra’s statue in 2020.
Liberty Sculpture Park is an American non-governmental nonprofit sculpture park, located next to Interstate 15 in Yermo, California.Primarily a memorial to casualties of communist regimes, its artistic focus is largely on China, with Hong Kong and other attempts at representative democracy receiving attention as well.
The Goddess of Democracy debate continued on 26 August 1989 and Gim Huey, chairman of Vancouver's Chinese Benevolent Association, pleaded that the statue must be in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, stating that it was "not political" but was "promoting freedom and democracy". [87]
San Francisco Arts Commission [56] Harry Lundeberg (1901-1957) E. Hunt: 1957 Sailors Union of the Pacific Building Bronze: 30 x 24 x 24 in. San Francisco Arts Commission [57] Smile: John Seward Johnson II: 1957 201 Spear St. Bronze