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Thomas Jefferson statue removed from City Hall after 187 years
Art handlers packed up a statue of Jefferson in a wooden crate after a mayoral commission voted to banish the likeness of the nation's third president from City Hall.
De Blasio's latest outrageous target: The author of the Declaration of Independence
Still peeved that the city has no Confederate monuments he can remove, lame-duck Mayor Bill de Blasio is instead ousting Thomas Jefferson from City Hall’s Council chambers. He hoped to...
Movin' on out: De Blasio booting Founding Father Jefferson from City Hall
The city's Public Design Commission has listed "the long term loan" of the 1833 bronze cast of Jefferson to the New-York Historical Society on its "consent" agenda for Monday.
Trump decries removal of Robert E. Lee statue: 'Our culture is being destroyed'
Former President Donald Trump ripped removal of a massive statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, warning that "our culture is being destroyed and our history...
Virginia evicts Confederate monuments from its state Capitol
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia has removed from its iconic state capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials. That includes a bronze statue of Gen. Robert E....
Let the city vote on Teddy Roosevelt
The board of directors of the Museum of Natural History, who I imagine run the ideological gamut from super-woke to ultra-woke, have resolved to remove the statue of President Theodore...
Chirlane McCray slammed over Billie Holiday statue location
A statue of Billie Holiday, commissioned by first lady Chirlane McCray’s program to honor female luminaries, is slated to be erected in front of Queens Borough Hall, four miles from...
Catholics blast Chirlane McCray over city statue snub
Catholics want Chirlane McCray to repent. The faithful raised holy hell this week after The Post reported the first lady’s “She Built NYC” program for statues honoring exceptional women rejected...
Meet the NY women who weren’t good enough for Chirlane McCray's monument
She was America’s first saint, a tireless advocate who founded an upstate orphanage, a school for girls in Washington Heights and 67 organizations for the needy in the late 1880s....
Charlottesville's Confederate statues are war monuments: judge
Statues in Charlottesville of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson are war monuments protected by state law, a Virginia judge has ruled.
The cutting-edge war to erase our culture
The recent news that the University of Notre Dame, responding to complaints by some students, would “shroud” its twelve 134-year-old murals depicting Christopher Columbus was disappointing. It was not surprising,...
UNC rejects $5M plan to house toppled Confederate statue
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina’s public university system rejected a proposal Friday to build a $5 million structure to house a toppled Confederate statue, opting instead to “go back...
Columbus forever!
Columbus — at least, the statue that dominates Columbus Circle — is safe: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has now engineered both state and federal landmark protection for the historic monument. This...
Columbus Circle statue will be a protected landmark
The monument honoring Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle — which survived an attempt to have it removed — will now be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The...
State designates Columbus Circle monument as landmark
The state is designating the Columbus monument at Columbus Circle as a landmark -- in case the city tries to move it in the future. The New York State Board...
San Francisco removes controversial Native American statue
SAN FRANCISCO — A 19th century statue near San Francisco's City Hall that some said is racist and demeaning to indigenous people was removed early Friday. A group of Native...
3 arrested in protest over toppling of Confederate monument
Three people have been arrested following a protest over the toppling of a Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina. The arrests occurred Thursday night as about 300 people...
Confederate monuments to get slavery, civil rights context
RALEIGH, N.C. — Three Confederate monuments on the North Carolina Capitol grounds will feature signs with historical context about slavery and civil rights, following a decision by a state historical...
Protesters topple Confederate statue in North Carolina
Protesters tore down a statue of a Confederate soldier on the campus of the University of North Carolina on Monday night, reports said. Demonstrators targeted the "Silent Sam" statue in...
Austin considers renaming city over ties to slavery
The city of Austin, Texas, could be headed for a name change because of founder Stephen F. Austin’s pro-slavery stance, according to a report recently drafted by officials. The state...