But he also believed slaves were entitled to a right of liberty and thought slavery was a stain on the nation's reputation. The Confederate monument in Garfield Park in Indianapolis stirred calls to move it — one man was arrested and accused of defacing it — even though it was meant to honor 1, Americans who died, many from disease, starvation and exposure in a prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis.
Supporters say it should stay and be restored. Here are some public statues and art in Indianapolis and Indiana that may be considered controversial. The depiction of a pioneer family is a popular and well-known Indianapolis attraction, keeping watch over Fountain Square at various times since it was installed in Pioneers helped clear the land and settle Indiana, which just celebrated its bicentennial in But some might consider it an insult against the first residents of Indiana, once considered home to the Potawatomi, Miami, Shawnee and other tribes.
Many of those Indians were later forcibly removed from the state from A statue of the nation's first president, long called the "father of his country," stands on the Indiana Statehouse grounds. Entitled "George Washington as Master Mason," it shows him in breeches with an apron and medallion adorned with Masonic symbols. Washington was a slaveholder in Virginia and a member of the secretive Masonic organization, which some people distrust. A statue of the nation's ninth president stands next to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Downtown Indianapolis.
In Philadelphia, a statue of former mayor Pete Rizzo near City Hall was removed last week, following vandalism.
Many saw the statue of the former police commissioner as a symbol of police brutality. In the wake of the statue's removal, a mural of Rizzo in the city's Italian Market also was painted over on Sunday. It was not just in the United States that statues that symbolized racism were taken down. The protesters dragged the statue through the streets and then threw it into the river. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest?
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Video shows fire blazing on container ship Oct 24, PM. Politicians on Thursday announced Confederate monuments will be removed from Indianapolis and from Richmond, Virginia. The news follows removals earlier this week in Alexandria, Virginia, and Birmingham, Alabama.
The statues, which honor soldiers and leaders on the losing side of the Civil War, are seen by many as symbols of racism and oppression. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, will be removed, Gov.
Ralph Northam said Thursday. Mayor Joe Hogsett also acknowledged the current protests in the decision to remove a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a prison camp in Indianapolis. The grave monument was commissioned in and relocated to Garfield Park in following efforts by public officials active in the Ku Klux Klan to make it more visible, Hogsett said. Time is up, and this grave marker will come down. Lee statue, which was erected in
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