TALLAHASSEE-- An effort to prevent removal of historical monuments and memorials started to advance Monday in theSenateas cities such as Jacksonville fight over Confederate statues. TheRepublican-controlledGovernment Oversight and Accountability Committee voted 4-2 along party lines to support a bill (SB...
The historical monuments such as cathedrals, public buildings and so on, are a fundamental part of artistic heritage of a country. They reflect, ultimately, much of its culture and history. For several decades, their aspect has been seriously changed by graffiti, which clearly endangers their ...
"They accomplished something very important. Washington and Jefferson were central to the creation of a nation...Lee and Stonewall were not being honored for those types of accomplishments," Jim Grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association told the Washington Post. The deba...
Istanbul is Turkey's most populous city. It bridges the cultures of Europe and Asia and offers visitors a unique travel experience. It is studded with historical monuments spanning several centuries and showcasing a multitude of civilizations. Istanbul is a well-known tourist destination and offers...
“Christopher Columbus is a deeply polarizing historical figure given the deadly impact his arrival in this hemisphere had on indigenous populations,” said the Lawmakers. “The continued presence of this statue in California’s Capitol, where it has been since 1883, is completely out of place tod...
Swift went on to ask the Capitol Commission and Tennessee Historical Commission to stop fighting for the statues. "Please consider the implications of how hurtful it would be to continue fighting for these monuments," she captioned her Instagram post. "When you fight to honor racists, you show...
Building materials as intrinsic sources of sulphate: A hidden face of salt weathering of historical monuments investigated through multi-isotope tracing (B... Insight in stone weathering mechanisms by multi-isotope fingerprinting (B, S, O). Intrinsic sulphate sources (gypsum plaster, mortar) contribut...
Cultural heritage (CH) comprises physical artifacts, paintings, stonework, traditional activities, frescoes, monuments, and other buildings that are vital to be preserved for future generations. Exposure of these to the effects of environmental factors, including sulfation, microbial cell lysis, primary ...
MORE: Protesters tear down statue of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis Amid the civil unrest following Floyd's death, officials across the United States and around the worldhave announcedthe removal of contentious statues and monuments depicting histori...
The eight-member Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol voted unanimously on Friday to take down the Lee statute. Like every other state, Virginia has two representatives in the Statuary Hall Collection. The other is George Washington. Virginia picked Lee for one of its st...