[ April 30, 2024 ]
In San Francisco, protestors tore down a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, our famed general (and later president) who helped defeat the Confederacy, (Newsweek). After Grant’s death, Fredrick Douglas said, “To him, more than to any other man, the Negro owes his enfranchisement” (RedState). Rich Lowry: “What idiots. I guess they’re going to come for Sherman next” (Twitter). Junipero Serra is down as well (Twitter). In New York, the Teddy Roosevelt statue in front of the Museum of Natural History is being removed (NYPost) In Minneapolis: Both Harper Lee books and Mark Twain books are banned from Minneapolis public schools—and no, the teachers were not consulted in the decision (Telegraph). Monmouth University is renaming Woodrow Wilson building (NYTimes). Washington Post has their eye on the Redskins (WPost) Noah Rothman: Conservatives saw all this coming, and they were relentlessly mocked for it. But they were right, and their foresight was based on the fullest understanding of the arguments that America’s historical revisionists tacitly endorsed but never scrutinized…. When Donald Trump wondered whether it would be “George Washington next week” and “Thomas Jefferson the week after,” he was treated to haughty and dismissive dispatches in the mainstream press explaining why these Founders were more than just their proximity to slavery (Commentary).
Teddy Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Harper Lee are being scrubbed for the public square and the national consciousness. This is not about BLM, this is the left’s war on America.
Teddy Roosevelt Statue to be Removed from Museum of Natural History
By: Kyle Morris, Breitbart, June 22, 2020
Story continues below advertisementThe bronze statue, which has stood outside of the museum entrance since 1940, depicts Roosevelt riding horseback accompanied by a Native American and an African American male. According to the announcement, the move stems from nationwide attacks on confederate statues and protests over the death of George Floyd.
“Over the last few weeks, our museum community has been profoundly moved by the ever-widening movement for racial justice that has emerged after the killing of George Floyd,” the museum’s president, Ellen V. Futter, told the New York Times. “We have watched as the attention of the world and the country has increasingly turned to statues as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism.”
“Simply put,” Futter added, “the time has come to move it.”
The decision to remove the statue was proposed by museum officials and approved by the city of New York, which owns the property and the building.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio also commented on the issue, saying now is the time to remove the “problematic statue.”
“The American Museum of Natural History has asked to remove the Theodore Roosevelt statue because it explicitly depicts Black and Indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior,” de Blasio said in a statement. “The City supports the Museum’s request. It is the right decision and the right time to remove this problematic statue.”
As for now, museum officials have not stated where the statue will end up or if anything will be put in its place.
A great-grandson of Roosevelt’s, who shares his name and also serves as a trustee to the museum, released a statement approving of the statue’s removal.
“The world does not need statues, relics of another age, that reflect neither the values of the person they intend to honor nor the values of equality and justice,” said Theodore Roosevelt IV. “The composition of the Equestrian Statue does not reflect Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy. It is time to move the statue and move forward.”
In going along with the museum’s plan to remove the statue, the Roosevelt family received a hall renaming in return. According to Futter, the museum will name its Hall of Biodiversity for Roosevelt “in recognition of his conservation legacy.”
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33 Comments
3 years ago
More stupid people. Ignorance is destroying America.
3 years ago
I have gone back and forth on Trump stopping this… I think he needs reconsider stopping this. We get it! We understand what the left is up to. The left is thrilled to destroy our history and emboldens them more. How many statues have to be removed or destroyed? The left will not ask Trump to intervene. They are on a roll. Someone was proposed Robin Williams, who committed suicide, replace a historic statue.
We need to return back to law and order and stop disrespecting our history.Whether you like it, agree with it or not, it is history! Trump has every right to implement t the Insurrection Act. We can’t just wring our hands and worry about how DEMS could abuse that in the future. It is right to assume they will abuse anything because they are lawless. We see that all the time.
As we keep ignoring or backing off, imo we are looking weak and using the left destruction as a campaign issue. is unwise. I don’t believe allowing this is wise when you can stop it as the law and order President. When is enough enough? We get it!
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Robin Williams to replace a historic statue. That will probably happen. Or someone of equally diminished and questionable character. And who will try to stop it.
3 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Jim Jones … Harvey Milk … Ira Einhorn … Charles Manson … Bernadine Dorne …
… The list is endless …
… If we were organized … we would be putting up our nominations
… so the idiot drones could look up their heroes …
… Happy first Monday of Summer, santahandler!
3 years ago
Reply to
tedlv
Excellent suggestion, Ted …
… and he didn’t kill himself
… so he’s a twofer!
… you and yours have a wonderful week!
3 years ago
Reply to
Dan Knight
Oh my! All such ‘great’ choices. Not to worry. I’m sure they’ll all be given the honor they all deserve, as statues, in front of our nation’s libraries, court houses and museums. Putting a statue of Charlie Manson in front of a school would be a nice touch.
Thank you, Dan! You have a great beginning and a great summer!
3 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
It would be funnier …
… but you know if we don’t defeat them
… they will do it.
… you and yours have a wonderful week!
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Trump is a coward.
Trump has followed through on ZERO promises, ZERO tweets, ZERO threats…
Lots of talk, ZERO walk.
3 years ago
Reply to
WildernessOfMirrors
Ten years mandatory jail sentence for anyone destroying a statue or monument with no parole.
3 years ago
Reply to
Rich H
Who makes the arrest? It’s clear that in the blue cities the Mayors and Governors will not enforce the laws. I am not sure if, unless it is federal crime, tearing down a statue is a federal offense.
Spray painting the memorials in Washington may be a Federal offense but if the cops aren’t there as they were not in D.C., who makes the arrest? There has to be videotape.
Maybe the feds have video.
3 years ago
Reply to
BanLiberals
I don’t agree with that and if you followed what he went through you wouldn’t be saying that.
3 years ago
I won’t set foot inside that museum anymore. I once thought it to be one of the best museums in the world.
3 years ago
Reply to
BanLiberals
Perhaps removing T. Roosevelt from NYC is the best way to honor his name.
3 years ago
Where’s all the comments?
It’s a shame that this website is being ruined by the Moderators and their Click Gang…
1) The moderators will ban you for using too many exclamation points…
2) The moderators will ban you for not being calm enough <<< As they say... 3) The moderator Gang Members will jump on you for speaking anything different than what THEY want promoted. --- Pamela Geller... YOUR mods are ruining your website.
3 years ago
Look at the number of whites, that are murdered by blacks. Then compare that to the TINY fraction, in comparison, of blacks murdered by whites. When do we start tearing down MLK statues and firebombing “Historically Black Colleges”?
3 years ago
“Every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” — 1984, George Orwell
Historians have long pointed out that Yale (the University) is deeply implicated in the institution of slavery.
Elihu Yale was a slave trader. Yale university must change its name, and everyone with a degree from Yale should burn it.
3 years ago
Let’s not forget to get rid of the exhibits of African lions because they’ve been know to kill and eat black people. And that isn’t the kind of image we want.
3 years ago
Let’s put up a statue of Floyd
Worship a criminal
Robber
Abuser
Violent
Who was a victim of a psychopath
Let’s worship evil
3 years ago
Reply to
Morticiaa
Lets worship evil – good one – What were once vices are now virtues.Everywhere in todays society –
3 years ago
Here is the statue. It doesn’t depict anyone as inferior. The Native America is wearing traditional attire (for some tribes), the black man is African rather than African-American. Both are depicted as strong and proud. The Native American could have been depicted on a horse, but that would have destroyed the symmetry of the statue and probably made it too big. Roosevelt’s horse may be a bit too grandiose for today’s standards, but there’s nothing wrong with it. But let’s tear it down and replace it with something like “Piss Christ,” because that’s art now.
3 years ago
Anything American is what BLM/Antifa is after.
3 years ago
These officials have no right to remove statutes without a legal process. Instead, they have a duty to protect them.
3 years ago
Who’s the real National Socialists here – they burned books and attempted to rewrite history as well in the 1930’s
