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The statue was removed on October 15 due to "safety concerns". The president of the nonprofit that owns the statue later issued a statement that the statue was reinstated on November 30 and that it was a "symbol of all that is great about San Diego". Wilson has been widely criticized for signing Proposition 187 and the Three Strikes Law.
(on one side of base:) soldiers, you in the wreck of gray/with the brazen belt of c.s.a./take our love and tears to-day./take, then, all that we have to give,/and by god's help while our heart shall live/it shall keep in its faithful way/the campfire lit for the men in gray-/aye, till trumpet sound far away/and the silver bugle of heaven play ...
The face of one of Severus' and Julia's sons has been erased; it may be Geta's, as a result of the damnatio memoriae ordered by his brother Caracalla after Geta's death. Damnatio memoriae ( Classical Latin pronunciation: [damˈnaːti.oː mɛˈmɔri.ae̯] ) is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory" or "damnation of memory ...
There are more than 160 Confederate monuments and memorials to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy) and associated figures that have been removed from public spaces in the United States, all but five of which have been since 2015. [1] Some have been removed by state and local governments; others have been torn down by ...
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 ‘Angel of Hope’ statue in Horry County’s Cherry Grove Point disappeared over the weekend. Here’s all we know so far.
Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection. The US states that sent the statues, not Congress nor the Architect of the Capitol, are authorized to remove them. Kansas was the first state to replace a statue ...
The bill passed by a vote of 285-120. The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for an infamous pro ...