{"id":106153,"date":"2020-10-12T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T18:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106153"},"modified":"2020-10-12T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T18:50:56","slug":"portland-rioters-tear-down-abraham-lincoln-and-teddy-roosevelt-statues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106153","title":{"rendered":"Portland rioters tear down Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt statues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toppled Teddy Roosevelt statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland is keeping it classy. As the mostly peaceful riots continue as they have for more than four months straight, more of their anti-American, Marxist agenda comes out. Now they’re on to destroying popular American historical figures and leaders Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt (as well as the Oregon Historical Society). The 16th and 26th Presidents of the United States respectively, Lincoln famously fought to maintain the Union during the Civil War, freed the slaves in the south, and is regarded as one of America’s greatest presidents.<\/p>\n

Likewise, TR is usually included near the top of the list of greatest American presidents. He was a conservationist, fought for the common man, and was notoriously tough. Teddy gave a lengthy speech after\u00a0<\/em>being shot in the chest and helped raise and lead the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War. For bravery in battle, he would receive the Medal of Honor (though belated by more than 100 years). To date, he’s the only president to have received the honor.<\/p>\n

These men are two of the four faces of the American presidency immortalized on Mount Rushmore. While neither man was without their failings there is no doubt that they both did significant good for the country and have rightfully earned their place in history.<\/p>\n

Breitbart relays the OregonLive report;<\/p>\n

As the crowd gathered, a group threw chains on ropes on the statue, a bronze sculpture officially titled \u201cTheodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider,\u201d as others took a blowtorch to its base and threw red paint on the statue. They began to pull until the statue rocked from side to side before falling down at 8:51 p.m.<\/p>\n

The group then turned to the nearby Abraham Lincoln statue, pulling it to the ground at 8:59 p.m. Spray-painted on the base of the statue was \u201cDakota 38,\u201d a reference to 38 Dakota men executed after the Dakota-U.S. War of 1862, the largest mass execution in a single day in American history.<\/p>\n

Afterward, people in the crowd began smashing windows at the Oregon Historical Society, unfurling a banner that read, \u201cStop honoring racist colonizer murderers.\u201d A mural on the attached Sovereign Hotel building depicting the Lewis & Clark expedition was splattered with red paint.<\/p>\n

The crowd then moved through downtown, breaking windows and destroying a sign at the Portland State University Campus Public Safety office and other buildings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You must destroy history in order to repeat it.<\/p>\n

Source; Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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