#Charlottesville takes down Sacagawea statue after Confederate removals

#Charlottesville takes down Sacagawea statue after Confederate removals

“#Charlottesville takes down Sacagawea statue after Confederate removals” The city of Charlottesville, Va. followed up its removal of two controversial Confederate statues Saturday with the lightning-fast toppling of a third local landmark: a monumental tribute to explorers Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea. In an emergency meeting called with 20 minutes’ notice, the Charlottesville City…

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#Suspects sough after defacing NYC George Floyd statue

#Suspects sough after defacing NYC George Floyd statue

“#Suspects sough after defacing NYC George Floyd statue” Police released footage of four suspects wanted for vandalizing the newly installed George Floyd statue with white nationalist graffiti in Brooklyn. The East Flatbush statue, which was unveiled last week during a Juneteenth celebration, was defaced at about 4 a.m. Thursday. The phrase “Patriot Front” — a…

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#Artist sells invisible sculpture for over K

#Artist sells invisible sculpture for over $18K

“#Artist sells invisible sculpture for over $18K” Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what happens when it’s undetected by the eye? An Italian artist sold an invisible sculpture for over $18,000 and had to give the buyer a certificate of authenticity to prove it’s real, the Daily Mail reported. Salvatore Garau sold…

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#Inside a Black Alabaman’s fight to remove a Confederate statue

#Inside a Black Alabaman’s fight to remove a Confederate statue

“#Inside a Black Alabaman’s fight to remove a Confederate statue” The second paragraph contains language that may offend some readers. Ever since Camille Bennett started her campaign to relocate a Confederate statue from outside the county courthouse in her hometown of Florence, Alabama, she has seen it all: threats, violent online messages and intimidation attempts….

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#Body of missing man found inside dinosaur statue in Spain

#Body of missing man found inside dinosaur statue in Spain

“#Body of missing man found inside dinosaur statue in Spain” The death of a 39-year-old man is being investigated after his body was found inside of a papier-mâché dinosaur statue in a Barcelona suburb. According to the Latin Times, Catalonian newspaper La Vanguardia had reported on Saturday that police were alerted of the corpse after…

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#Archaeologists unearth bronze bull idol from ancient Olympia

#Archaeologists unearth bronze bull idol from ancient Olympia

“#Archaeologists unearth bronze bull idol from ancient Olympia” ATHENS – Greek archaeologists have unearthed by chance a more than 2,500-year-old bronze bull idol at the archaeological site of Olympia, the culture ministry said on Friday. An observant archaeologist came across the mini-statue during work at the site, one of the most celebrated sanctuaries in ancient…

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#DC Congresswoman introduces bill to remove ‘Emancipation Memorial’

#DC Congresswoman introduces bill to remove ‘Emancipation Memorial’

“#DC Congresswoman introduces bill to remove ‘Emancipation Memorial’” Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., has reintroduced legislation to remove a statue commemorating emancipation, arguing that 19th-century memorial doesn’t do enough to honor slaves’ contribution to their own freedom. Dedicated in 1876, the statue shows former President Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, with his hand outstretched…

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