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Rough ride: Teddy Roosevelt statue removed from Museum of Natural History
A statue of Theodore Roosevelt that has stood in front of the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan for more than 80 years was hauled away Wednesday, photos show.
Here's what was found inside second time capsule buried at site of Robert E. Lee statue
Confederate memorabilia and ammo were pulled Tuesday from a 19th century time capsule that had been embedded in a massive pedestal under a Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Va.
Person airlifted from Lincoln Memorial with self-inflicted gunshot wound
Emergency responders from the Park Police medevaced the wounded individual -- who was not identified -- from the scene at about 7:25 p.m. on Monday.
From Spirit of '76 to 86'd: Commission votes to oust Thomas Jefferson statue from Council chamber by end of year
A city commission voted to remove the statue of Thomas Jefferson from the City Council chamber by the end of the year.
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.
Stonehenge's stone circle of megaliths to receive major facelift
The work at Stonehenge, one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments whose stones date back some 4,500 years, will deal with problems caused by erosion and fix previous repairs which were uncovered...
Wrapping of Arc de Triomphe begins in Paris art installation
Imagined decades ago in 1961 by the late Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his wife and fellow artist Jeanne-Claude, who died in 2009, "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" was finally brought to life by Christo's...
War hero monument crumbling as city spends $659M on nearby projects
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument at the end of West 89th Street in Riverside Park is a towering marble temple supported by 12 Corinthian columns.
Romania’s monument ‘ambulance’ races to save country’s past
The castle’s interior boasts around 6,460 square feet, but its roof is leaking, its timbers rotting and part of a key structural wall that supports it is compromised by decades...
NYC monument for COVID-19 essential workers met with backlash
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement of a COVID-19 essential workers monument in lower NYC sparked a protest on June 26, 2021. The demonstrators were angry that no meetings were held to...
Central Park monument gets cleaned up after night of vandalism
Central Park Conservancy workers spent Friday scrubbing the anti-cop graffiti and red paint off a more-than-century-old Manhattan military monument -- which was defaced the night before by a mob of...
Brazil's new gigantic Christ statue is even taller than Rio's
Rio de Janeiro's iconic and towering "Christ the Redeemer" has met its vertical match: an even taller Jesus statue that's nearing complete a half-hour west in southern Brazil. Measuring 140...
One year on, NYC still has no clear ideas for a COVID-19 memorial
Nearly 30,000 New Yorkers have died since COVID-19 touched down in the city one year ago. And while a patchwork of painters, poets and everyday citizens have honored the dead...
Southern Poverty: 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020
NEW YORK — When rioters tore through the US Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn’t encounter a statue of the most famous rebel general,...
Newly unveiled Medusa statue in Manhattan sends #MeToo message
This time, Medusa is the one slaying the snakes. A statue of the Greek mythological figure clutching a severed head was unveiled Tuesday as a tribute to the #MeToo movement...
First lady’s failed plan to build statues to honor women is ripped by critics
First lady Chirlane McCray's pet project to erect more city statues to women is a monumental failure, critics say. Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife started the effort two years ago...
DC task force targets Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, dozens more
A task force formed by Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has called for dozens of landmarks in the nation's capital to be "removed, renamed or contextualized" over ties to slavery...
NYC's failure to protect Columbus Circle for the public
Rich, poor or middle class, if you live in Manhattan, you depend on public parks for recreation. One sign that Gotham is failing at yet another task of keeping people...
Trump wants 'inspiring' DC statue honoring women's suffrage movement
President Trump on Friday called on Congress to approve a statue honoring the women's suffrage movement.
Mysterious origin of Stonehenge megaliths uncovered
The sarsens were erected at Stonehenge in 2500 B.C., with the tallest reaching 30 feet high and the heaviest weighing 30 tons.