In new York city decided to remove a monument to Theodore Roosevelt
Equestrian Monument to former us President Theodore Roosevelt at the entrance to the American Museum of natural history in new York decided to dismantle, writes the new York times referring to the message of the President of the institution and the city authorities.
The bronze monument to the US President that was in power from 1901 to 1909, was erected in 1940. The monument consists of three main elements: Roosevelt sitting astride a horse near a horse on one side is Indian, the back - African.
print edition emphasizes that the conclusion about the removal of the monument took the Museum, as agreed, the authorities of new York, which owns the rights to it. Activists objected to that monument for many years. He became, as did most, a symbol of colonial expansion and racial discrimination, stresses the magazine. Conclusion the dismantling of the sculpture was taken against the background of protests against racism. The Museum to protect and preserve such heritage sites of the previous, despite the fact that they were likely to be " extremely ambiguous ", said the print edition.
"The growing movement for racial justice, which arose after the murder of George Floyd, last week moved the Museum community. We watched as the country and the world increasingly pay attention to the monuments, these destructive and powerful symbols of systemic racism... simply put, it's time (Monument Roosevelt - ed.) to remove ", - told the head of the Museum Ellen Fatter.
However, she assured that the Museum has nothing against the Roosevelt. In honor of the former President of the United States, which is closely connected with the history of the Museum, decided to name the Hall of Biodiversity.
in its own statement, the Mayor of new York bill di Blasio said that the Museum asked to remove the equestrian statue of Roosevelt, as the colored and Indian are presented as if they were " enslaved and racially inferior ". Grandson of Roosevelt, who is a Trustee of the Museum, released a message that blessed the removal of the monument.
"The world doesn't need monuments, antiquities left over from the previous century, which reflect neither human values and achievements which they want to celebrate, nor the values of equality and justice," said Theodore Roosevelt IV.
Sources told the newspaper that the fate of the monument after dismantling as long as the unknown, nobody knows what will stand in its place.
across the United States amid protests after the death of the African-American George Floyd from the hands of the police began a spontaneous demolition of the monuments of the southerners during the Civil war. It also touched upon the statues of the discoverer of America Christopher Columbus, whose leftist Activists blame the genocide of the indigenous inhabitants of America.
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