Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The series takes place in an alternate United States [1] where unusual phenomena are observed around monuments. [1] [3] [4] [12] [13]Most episodes consist of mockumentary material gathered around a particular subject, such as the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Egyptian Pyramids, or Ever Given Suez grounding, and progressively diverge from real history over the course of the narrative.
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 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.
Crews removed a Confederate monument from a Jacksonville, Florida, park Wednesday morning following years of public controversy. Mayor Donna Deegan ordered the removal of the “Tribute to the ...
The memorial to Queen Victoria in Leeds was also vandalised. [7] On 5 June, a group of protesters sprayed the abbreviation "ACAB", meaning All Cops Are Bastards, on the memorial to Earl Haig in Whitehall, London; when soldiers from the Household Cavalry in plain clothes scrubbed the graffiti off, protesters shouted abuse at them for doing so. [8]
Randolph County residents urge officials to make a decision regarding the Confederate monument.
Jul. 21—The city of Santa Fe's plan to address controversial monuments and other public art is finally getting off the ground more than a year after Mayor Alan Webber called for the review and ...
Each monument included the name of the donors and explains the displayed document’s significance in America's history." Defined by the source (a right leaning web site) as a "monument" and clearly a controversy, because Some folks objected and eventually the Supreme Court ducked the case. Carptrash 00:16, 25 October 2017 (UTC)