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The Soldiers' Monument is a cenotaph at the center of the Santa Fe Plaza, a monument collectively memorializing deaths in several specified battles. Erected during the late 1860s in the aftermath of the American Civil War , it consisted of a 33 feet (10 m) stone obelisk atop a plinth ; only the plinth stands currently, and exhibits some damage.
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 ...
Oct. 30—Several proponents of rebuilding the Soldiers' Monument on the Santa Fe Plaza have criticized Archbishop John C. Wester's call this week for "common ground" on the issue as anti-Hispanic.
Stephen Watts Kearny was the fifteenth and youngest child of Philip and Susanna Watts Kearny. His father, who was of Irish ancestry (the family name had originally been O'Kearny), was a successful wine merchant and landowner in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, before the start of the American Revolution (1775–83). [3]
Our Confederate Soldiers: Beaumont: Texas June 23 June 29 City Council of Beaumont voted to remove it. [106] [107] Warren County Confederate Soldiers Monument Warrenton: North Carolina June 23 June 24 Removed by county, placed in storage County commissioners unanimously voted to remove monument [108] The Granville Gray: Oxford: North Carolina ...
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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 ...