{"id":114848,"date":"2021-06-24T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T16:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114848"},"modified":"2021-06-24T12:24:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T16:24:26","slug":"teddy-roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114848","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Roosevelt statue to be removed in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The problematic statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of all the things Teddy Roosevelt was, he’s now being remembered only as a symbol of colonialism by the Left. Teddy Roosevelt was one of the most fascinating and amazing figures in American history. A sickly child, through sheer force of will he became an accomplished outdoorsman. He rose in New York state politics, becoming the Commissioner of Police in New York City. He was Assistant Secretary of the Navy when war with Spain broke out. He resigned his position to help form a cavalry regiment under Leonard Wood<\/a>. He succeeded to command the Rough Riders (and received a posthumous Medal of Honor 100 years later for it). Roosevelt was Governor of New York, then Vice President of the United States before he then became a nearly two-term President of the United States. In 1912, the now-former President was set to give a speech when he was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin. With a bullet lodged in his chest, Roosevelt refused to go to the hospital and gave a 90 minute speech (reading his bullet-holed speech) before doing so. He started the speech with, “Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.”<\/p>\n

The icon of New York history, American legend (he’s on Mount Rushmore), and abundantly admirable man had a statue erected of him outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in 1940. It’s now been considered to be racist somehow. A unanimous vote has been taken by the board that oversees the museum and they’re going to be moving the statue.<\/p>\n

New York Times reports<\/a>;<\/p>\n

After more than a year of talk, it\u2019s official: The Theodore Roosevelt statue in front of the American Museum of Natural History is coming down.<\/p>\n

The New York City Public Design Commission voted unanimously at a public meeting on Monday to relocate the statue by long-term loan to a cultural institution dedicated to the life and legacy of the former president. (No institution has been designated yet, and discussions about its ultimate destination are ongoing.)<\/p>\n

The vote follows years of protest and adverse public reaction over the statue as a symbol of colonialism, largely because of the Native American and African men who are depicted flanking Roosevelt on a horse. Those objections led the museum in June 2020 to propose removing the statue. New York City, which owns the building and property, agreed to the suggestion, and Mayor Bill de Blasio expressed his support.<\/p>\n

In 2017, a mayoral commission set up to review city art, monuments and markers had considered historical research about the statue but could not reach a consensus on removing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeight is power in public art, and Roosevelt\u2019s stature on his noble steed visibly expresses dominance and superiority over the Native American and African figures,\u201d the panel wrote in its report, delivered in January 2018.<\/p>\n

At the time, about half of the commission wanted to relocate the sculpture, and about half recommended additional historical research before making a decision. Only a few members wanted to leave the statue where it was, if on-site context was provided.<\/p>\n

At Monday\u2019s meeting, made public as a YouTube video, Sam Biederman of the New York City Parks Department said that although the statue \u201cwas not erected with malice of intent,\u201d its composition \u201csupports a thematic framework of colonization and racism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The museum had spent years working with academics and advisers, both before and after the statue was considered by the mayor\u2019s monuments commission. In 2019, that research culminated in an exhibition about the sculpture\u2019s context and history \u2014 and how the public perceived it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe understanding of statues and monuments as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism became even more evident in the wake of the movement for racial justice that emerged after the murder of George Floyd,\u201d Dan Slippen, vice president of government relations at the museum, said at the meeting. \u201cIt has become clear that removing the statue would be a symbol of progress toward an inclusive and equitable community.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If “height is power”, wait until these tools see the aforementioned Mount Rushmore.<\/p>\n

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