monuments

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  10/17/2021
  

  Phil Collins Sets Off a New Battle Over the Alamo

  The singer's gift of his artifact collection has reignited controversy about how the events of 1836 should be commemorated in the state's complex history. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  10/3/2021
  

  The National Monument Audit Asks: Who Do American Honor Most?

  A study of 50,000 monuments by Monument Lab shows Lincoln, Washington and Columbus are still broadly honored in public places, but mermaids have more monuments than congresswomen do. 

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• 9/19/2021
  

  Richmond's Lee Statue Has Come Down. What About Confederate Memorials in Cemeteries?

  by Jeffrey Smith

  The statue of Robert E. Lee on Richmond’s Monument Avenue finally came down, to both fanfare and controversy. But some Confederate monuments are even more politically loaded—the ones where we bury the dead.

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• SOURCE: Santa Fe New Mexican
  9/6/2021
  

  Santa Fe's Historian Looks Ahead from Controversial Past

  City Historian Valerie Rangel hopes to engage residents of Santa Fe with the complex and difficult histories of colonialism and racism that still shape the city and region. 

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• SOURCE: Indyweek
  7/28/2021
  

  Where They Stood: A Photojournalist Documents the Nation's Fallen Confederate Monuments

  "Last fall, I began to document the Confederate monuments that have been taken down since George Floyd’s death. In April, I started a five-week, 7,300-mile road trip throughout the South to continue this work."

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg CityLab
  6/8/2021
  

  When Monuments Go Bad

  Chicago is engaging in a broad and unprecedented study of the city's monuments and the political and cultural implications of memorialization in public space. Will this help avoid the bitter controversies and protests that have erupted in other cities? 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  4/12/2021
  

  Black Protesters Have Been Rallying Against Confederate Statues for Generations

  by Karen L. Cox

  The movement to remove monuments and memorials to the Confederacy and historical figures with ties to racism or slavery is not new; it should be recognized as part of a longstanding effort by African Americans to challenge the public veneration of white supremacy. 

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• SOURCE: WWLTV
  4/9/2021
  

  Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair Stolen from Alabama Cemetery Found in New Orleans, 2 Arrested

  The chair was recovered in New Orleans, and two suspects have been arrested with a third at large. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/8/2021
  

  Who are 'White Lies Matter’? Meet the Group that Says it Turned a Stolen Confederate Memorial into a Toilet

  "We are leaderless in a sense. There is no head honcho, and we keep it that way for a very good reason."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/8/2021
  

  San Francisco Schools Will Keep Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington Names

  "In this case, officials said the reckoning had gone too far, with parents calling the decision to rename 44 schools embarrassing and 'a caricature of what people think liberals in San Francisco do'.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/6/2021
  

  Stolen Confederate Monument will Become a 'Toilet' Unless ‘White Lies Matter’ Demands are Met, Group Vows

  The group claiming responsibility has issued a ransom demand: the United Daughters of the Confederacy can secure the return of the chair by flying a banner quoting Black radical Assata Shakur over its Richmond, Virginia headquarters. 

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• SOURCE: Publisher's Weekly
  3/26/2021
  

  The Problem with Confederate Monuments

  by Karen L. Cox

  "I also believe it’s important that I, a Southern white woman, write and speak about this topic with blunt honesty. Monument defenders cannot dismiss me as a Northern liberal who has invaded the region to tell them what to do. I’ve grown up here, too."

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• SOURCE: Axios
  3/19/2021
  

  New Commission on Renaming Army Bases Gets Early Makeover

  "A new commission created to relabel U.S. Army bases named for Confederate leaders has quietly undergone a major shakeup as the Biden administration has replaced last-minute Trump appointees with a diverse panel."

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• SOURCE: WIS-TV
  3/9/2021
  

  SC Lawmakers Announce Legislation to Protect Monuments Statewide

  "Democratic Representative Seth Rose says the controversial monuments like Ben Tillman, who was the former governor and known racist, need to come down."

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• SOURCE: Governing
  3/8/2021
  

  History Matters: Debates About Monuments Reflect Current Divisions

  How should local governments approach the question of memorials? Historians can advise about the significance or meaning of historical figures, but community values and state laws are subject to partisan politics. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  3/5/2021
  

  A Monumental Error in the Making

  by Harold Holzer

  Daniel Chester French's statue "The Republic" is on a list of public monuments to be reviewed by the city of Chicago. Removing it would be destroying an important link to the city's past. 

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• SOURCE: KUNC
  3/2/2021
  

  Colorado Lawmakers Poised To Replace Capitol's Civil War Monument With Sand Creek Massacre Memorial

  Native American advocates say the Colorado state capitol is an appropriate place for the memorial to the massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho by the US military, but critics question whether it should replace a memorial to the Union Army. 

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• SOURCE: WHNT
  3/4/2021
  

  Alabama Lawmakers Reject Bill Allowing Flexibility On Confederate Monument

  The 2017 law, which was approved as some cities began taking down Confederate monuments, forbids the removal or alteration of monuments more than 40 years old. Violations carry a $25,000 fine.

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• SOURCE: Virginian-Pilot
  3/1/2021
  

  How a Wave of Segregationist Tributes, from Streets to Schools, Entrenched the Idea of White Supremacy

  Understanding the stakes of renaming public buildings, streets, or schools requires understanding the purposeful politics that attached the names of Confederates to public spaces a century ago, say Virginia historians Dan Margolies and Calvin Pearson.

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• SOURCE: National Parks Traveler
  2/25/2021
  

  Op-Ed | Confederate Memorials Serve A Role In National Parks

  by Harry Butowski

  "The removal of existing statues in our Civil War parks will not change our history, but make it more difficult to confront and examine our history. National parks are the great American classroom where American history is taught."