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Boston police are investigating after the George Washington Statue in the city’s Public Garden was vandalized sometime before ...
This is the second part of a series in which we examine history from a different angle. The business card has been in its ...
A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...
After more than 140 years, Boston has finally removed the Emancipation Memorial statue standing in a park ... slave rising to his feet in front of Abraham Lincoln. The monument was created to ...
On December 29, city officials removed from downtown Boston a famous statue of Abraham Lincoln and an emancipated slave that has stood for 141 years. This politically reactionary act was the ...
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.
A statue depicts a freed slave kneeling at President Abraham Lincoln's feet in Boston. Source: AP A statue of Abraham Lincoln next to a kneeling, newly-freed slave has been was removed in Boston ...
In this June 25, 2020 photo, a statue that depicts a freed slave kneeling at President Abraham Lincoln’s feet rests on a pedestal in Boston. On Tuesday, the statue was removed from its perch.
bearing the statue of former President Abraham Lincoln standing with his hand out over a kneeling shackled slave after the Boston Art Commission voted in June to remove the statue. Tory Bullock ...
A statue of a slave kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln has been removed from Park Square in Boston, US, after more than 12,000 people signed a petition initiated by artist Tory Bullock ...
After months of public discussion, Boston officials have removed a controversial statue of President Abraham Lincoln with a formerly enslaved man kneeling at his feet. “We’re pleased to have ...
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 ...