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BOSTON (WHDH) - The Boston Art Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to remove a controversial statue of Abraham Lincoln from its Park Square perch. The statue, entitled “The Emancipation Group ...
The controversial Emancipation Group Lincoln statue no longer sits in public downtown, though the Boston Art Commission said it will end up in a new home. A flatbed truck trundled out of Lincoln ...
A Boston statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling beneath President Abraham Lincoln was removed Tuesday morning, according to the mayor’s office. The “Emancipation Group” statue has ...
Lincoln rests from his labors." More than 12,000 people had signed a petition demanding the statue’s removal, and Boston's public arts commission voted unanimously to take it down. The statue ...
Workers dismantled a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Boston Tuesday, after the city agreed with protesters who say the memorial is demeaning and lacks proper context. The statue depicts Lincoln ...
A statue in a Boston park depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln will be removed, according to city officials. After two public hearings, the Boston Art ...
Known as the Emancipation Group statue or the Freedman’s Memorial, the statue has been in place near Boston Common since 1879 and depicts Lincoln standing over a newly freed slave, Archer Alexander.
The replica Emancipation Memorial in Boston shows President Lincoln with ... London's Oliver Cromwell statue should stay Bullock has since launched an online petition entitled “Dear Boston ...
Boston’s mayor is in favor of taking down a local statue of President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed black man, after a petition was launched for its removal, his office says.
Thousands of Americans are signing a petition to remove a statue that shows President Abraham Lincoln standing over a slave in Boston's Park Square. The petition calling for the removal of the ...
A statue depicting a freed slave kneeling at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln was removed from its perch in Boston's Park Square this week. Workers took down the statue, called The ...