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Virginia’s Capital Removes Its Last City-Owned Confederate Monument

December 12, 2022
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RICHMOND, Va.—The city of Richmond—the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War—removed its last city-owned Confederate statue Monday. It took just minutes to free the statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill from its base before a crane using yellow straps looped under the statue’s arms lifted it onto a bed of tires…

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Video Shows Suspect Leaving Explosive Device at Georgia Guidestones, GBI Says

July 8, 2022
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on Thursday released surveillance footage that shows someone running to and from a rural monument that was damaged on Wednesday in an apparent act of vandalism. In a series of videos and pictures the agency shared on Twitter, a suspicious figure is seen running toward the Georgia Guidestones, a monument near…

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Mount Rushmore: The Story Behind How This Iconic Monument Came into Being

June 27, 2022
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A plane buzzed over the Black Hills of South Dakota in the summer of 1927. It swooped and dove through the air, entertaining President Calvin Coolidge and his family below. The pilot dropped a wreath of flowers to this little crowd and sped away. The Coolidges had chosen the large Game Lodge in Custer State…

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Orange County Honors Crime Victims With New Monument

December 6, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—The new Orange County Crime Victims Monument was unveiled during a dedication ceremony on Dec. 6, in commemoration of the county’s deceased crime victims. As the morning fog lingered and the bagpipes and drum rolls echoed, a crowd of crime survivors, families, religious leaders, and county officials gathered in a courtyard filled with…

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The Netherlands Unveils Its First National Holocaust Monument

September 19, 2021
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AMSTERDAM—A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands. The monument, designed by Daniel Libeskind, 75, who lost relatives in the Holocaust, lies in the center of the Dutch capital and is a labyrinth of brick…

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Mini ‘Lady Liberty’ Comes to Washington for Next Decade

July 15, 2021
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A replica of the Statue of Liberty, which’s being called the “little sister”, now sits in a lush garden in Washington, arriving in time for France’s Bastille Day celebration on July 14. The statue was unveiled Wednesday at The Embassy of France in the United States. The bronze beauty is smaller but based on the…

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Fullerton Officials Consider Approval of Korean War Memorial

June 1, 2021
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Fullerton City Council on June 1 will consider authorizing the construction of a Korean War Memorial to commemorate nearly 40,000 U.S. servicemen who lost their lives during the war. The proposed memorial would be located at Hillcrest Park adjacent to the Duck Pond, near Brea and Harbor boulevards, and would feature five granite stars on…

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Regina Council Votes to Remove Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald From Victoria Park

April 2, 2021
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The Regina City Council has decided to remove the statue of Canada’s first prime minister from a park and put it in storage until a new location is found. In a 7-4 vote Wednesday, councilors voted in favour of removing the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from the city’s Victoria Park and put it…

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Vandals Deface Afghanistan Memorial in Cobourg, Ontario

January 5, 2021
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The light armored vehicle (LAV III) monument at the Cobourg Afghanistan Memorial was defaced with graffiti between the evening of Jan. 2 and morning of Jan. 3, according to Cobourg police. The words “death to imperialism” were spray-painted on one side of the LAV III. https://twitter.com/CobourgPolice/status/1345780658375897089 Cobourg Police Chief Paul VandeGraaf condemned the act of vandalism….

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