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A Christopher Columbus statue in Boston has been taken down by the city after it was beheaded by protesters — and it is not the only monument of the controversial figure to be toppled this week. A Columbus statue in Virginia was also vandalized, torn down and thrown in a lake on ...
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The statue of President Theodore Roosevelt on horseback, surrounded by a Black man and a Native American man, that greets visitors at the entrance toNew York’s American Museum of Natural Historywill be taken down, the museum announced. The museum’s decision follows both ongoing calls from ac...
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — A 5-foot (1.5-meter) statue of the Virgin Mary has been returned to a South Milwaukee church after it was stolen more than a year ago. The statue, which weighs a few hundred pounds, was taken in August 2023 from from Divine ...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island will be open for visitors Monday, with New York state picking up the tab for the federal workers. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Sunday afternoon. The two sites have been closed due to the federal government shutdown. The...
While Roof's actions spurred a debate in many parts of the South about whether it was appropriate to fly the Confederate battle emblem - and many places have taken it down - the reaction in New Orleans seemed to go even further, knocking away at even weightier, heavier parts of history. ...
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The newly identified bronze statue reveals what may be a female gladiator standing in a victory pose, while looking down at what is presumably her fallen opponent. (Image credit: Photo by Alfonso Manas, University of Granada) A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that...