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On the night of Juneteenth protesters gathered at the Albert Pike Memorial in Judiciary Square and using ropes and chains toppled the statue of Pike. The statue was set on fire and a few minutes later local police extinguished the flames. [53] The statue was removed the following day by the National Park Service (NPS). [54] In response to the ...
Statue of Robert Milligan, a Scottish merchant and slave trader, outside the Museum of London Docklands. It was removed following a request from the Canal & River Trust. [421] [422] Statue of Sir John Cass: London: Jun 11, 2020: Jun 11, 2020: Removed by owner Statue of Sir John Cass at the University of East London Stratford Campus. [423] [424]
The Albert Pike Memorial is a public artwork in Washington, D.C., erected in 1901, and partially demolished in 2020 by protestors responding to the murder of George Floyd. It honors Albert Pike (1809–1891), a senior officer of the Confederate States Army as well as a poet, lawyer, and influential figure in the Scottish Rite of freemasonry .
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The empty, vandalized pedestal of the Albert Pike Memorial in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 2020, after the statue was toppled by protesters U.S. Capitol , National Statuary Hall Collection Alabama's statue of Confederate officer Jabez Curry was replaced by a statue of Helen Keller in 2009.
Albert Pike was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1809, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Andrews) Pike.He grew up in Byfield and Newburyport, Massachusetts.His colonial ancestors had settled in the area in 1635, [1] and included John Pike (1613–1688/1689), the founder of Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Albert Pike Memorial (1901): [145] An outdoor statue that is owned by the National Park Service at 3rd and D Streets NW in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Pike was a Confederate General and leading Freemason and is dressed as a Mason in the sculpture. [57]
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