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In Washington, various monuments and objects can be removed, moved, or renamed. The monuments to George Washington, Christopher Columbus and Andrew Jackson, as well as the Jefferson Memorial, are named “not in keeping with the values of the District of Columbia,” where the capital of the United States is located.
This is stated in the recommendations of the task force, created by the mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, to rename buildings and public spaces, as well as the demolition of monuments.
Members of the task force evaluated historical figures based on criteria: participation in slavery, systemic racism, abuse or actions that repressed equality for people of color, women, and LGBT communities, and violation of the Rights Act. DC Humans.
City officials are encouraged to contact the federal government with a proposal to remove, relocate, or “contextualize” (ie, add clarifications) the world-famous monuments that have become symbols of the capital of the such as the Washington Memorial (honoring the first President George Washington), monuments to the discoverer of America Christopher Columbus, Presidents Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and three other politicians from the past.
It is also proposed to rename 21 schools, nine buildings, and 12 parks, squares and grounds, which are named after famous statesmen.
The commission was created by order of the city’s mayor in July in the context of massive protests in the United States against racism. As part of his work, he conducted public opinion polls, which formed the basis for the recommendations.
We will recall, protests in the United States against police violence and racism began after a black city resident, George Floyd, was killed in Minneapolis during arrest by law enforcement officers.
The spontaneous demolition of monuments to Southerners during the Civil War began throughout the United States. This also affected the statues of the discoverer of America Christopher Columbus, whom left-wing activists accuse the native American population of genocide.
Due to protests in New York, an equestrian monument to former US President Theodore Roosevelt is being dismantled at the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History.
Protesters in the United States were also reported to have attempted to tear down the statue of the country’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, which stands in front of the White House in Washington.
US President Donald Trump said in his Independence Day speech that he would not allow “an angry mob to overthrow our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children and trample our principles.”
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