Theodore Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York museum

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Theodore Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York museum

The statue has been criticized by some as a symbol of colonialism and racism

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Jan 20, 2022 • 16 hours ago • 1 minute read •
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Workers remove part of a statue of Theodore Roosevelt that has stood outside the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History since 1940, which the museum proposed to remove following objections from some that it was a symbol of colonialism, in New York City, January 20, 2022.
Workers remove part of a statue of Theodore Roosevelt that has stood outside the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History since 1940, which the museum proposed to remove following objections from some that it was a symbol of colonialism, in New York City, January 20, 2022. Photo by Caitlin Ochs /REUTERS
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NEW YORK — Workers on Wednesday dismantled a towering statue of President Theodore Roosevelt from outside New York City’s American Museum of Natural History.
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The “Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt,” commissioned in 1925 and unveiled to the public in 1940, depicts Roosevelt on a horse, with a Native American man and an African man on foot at his side. It has been criticized by some as a symbol of colonialism and racism.

The New York City Public Design Commission voted last June to remove it — with the blessing of Roosevelt’s great-grandson. Its new destination will be the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library due to open in 2026 in Medora, North Dakota, where Roosevelt spent time in the Badlands.

The museum on its website said it was proud of its long association with the Roosevelt family, adding: “At the same time, the statue itself communicates a racial hierarchy the Museum and members of the public have long found disturbing.”
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Roosevelt, who was the 26th president, from 1901 to 1909, was known for his exuberant and daring manner. He implemented antitrust and conservationist reforms, though critics said he took an interventionist approach to foreign policy, including projecting U.S. naval power around the world.

His father was one of the founders of the museum.

The president’s great-grandson Theodore Roosevelt IV has previously welcomed the decision to remove the monument and called it “problematic” but said there were lessons to be learned from “difficult, complex, and inclusive discussions” about its future.

Statues have become lightning rods for passionate public debate over whom the United States chooses to honor in its public spaces and how it seeks to record its history.

The push to remove statues gained momentum in the United States and elsewhere following the racial reckoning and Black Lives Matter protests that came after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.

— With files from The Washington Post
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Northern Ontario,
Naaaah!.....Just the butt hurt politically correct left at it again!!!!!!

Bitch bitch bitch all the time!
We should get rid of the Ontario flag, It's a definite symbol of colonialism!

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