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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.
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 ...
The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 60 statues of bronze and 39 of marble. 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 ...
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A pair of statues honoring the Confederacy in Jacksonville’s Springfield Park were taken down Wednesday under the orders of the city’s mayor. “This is not in any way an attempt to erase ...
[7] [8] Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, and Virginia have passed resolutions to remove statues of individuals with Confederate ties, [9] [10] [11] although Alabama retained a second statue of a Confederate veteran. [12] North Carolina and Arkansas have authorized replacing statues of Jim Crow-era politicians with racist views. [11] [7]
“George Floyd Statue has been removed from the National Mall,” the post reads. “#MAGAWINNING.” The post was shared nearly 500 times in 17 days, and similar claims spread on X .
Many monuments and memorials have been or will be removed under great controversy. Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War , these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other observances, and the names of schools, roads, parks, bridges, buildings, counties, cities, lakes, dams, military bases, and other public ...