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A two-day civil trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 12, and the main point of contention is whether the city government has any authority to alter the Soldiers' Monument or move it from Santa Fe's ...
Sep. 6—State District Judge Matthew Wilson has denied a motion by the city of Santa Fe seeking dismissal of a lawsuit over the felling of the Plaza obelisk and the future fate of the monument ...
Santa Fe Soldier's Monument, temporary plaque (previous plaque removed), 2022. The monument has been described as racist [47] due to the derogatory references to indigenous people in the area then known as New Mexico Territory and now known as New Mexico [33] There were complaints during the 1950s [48] to remove or replace it, that continued ...
Aug. 15—City councilors have put the brakes on a resolution to look into moving the Soldiers' Monument to the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Following a contentious public comment period at ...
Oct. 31—It was 1973, a time of confusion for Santa Fe's mayor and city councilors. In a burst of political correctness, they voted to remove the Soldiers' Monument from the Plaza. The ...
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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.
Aug. 10—The idea of a new home for the Plaza obelisk had seemed too polarizing to explore when it was posed by some of Santa Fe City Councilor Carol Romero-Wirth's constituents more than a year ...