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Bryan Stevenson Reclaims the Monument, in the Heart of the Deep South
The civil-rights attorney has created a sculpture park, indicting the city of Montgomery—a former capital of the domestic slave trade.
by
Doreen St. Félix
via
The New Yorker
on
March 25, 2024
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A Gateway to the Past
The Arch in St. Louis stands as a monument to contradictory histories.
by
Ed Ayers
on
September 13, 2023
Chicago Never Forgot the Haymarket Martyrs
Ever since the execution of labor radicals in 1886, reactionaries have tried to tarnish their legacy — and leftists have honored them as working-class martyrs.
by
Jeff Schuhrke
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Jacobin
on
May 1, 2023
Monuments Upon the Tumultuous Earth
For thousands of years, Indigenous societies were building hundred-foot pyramids along the Mississippi River.
by
Boyce Upholt
via
Emergence Magazine
on
March 23, 2023
The 90-foot Sentinel of Butte, Montana
What does a statue dedicated to mothers reveal about women’s rights?
by
Leah Sottile
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High Country News
on
March 1, 2023
The First Statue Removed From the Capitol
Long before monuments to enslavers were removed, lawmakers decided to relocate a scandalous, half-naked depiction of George Washington in a toga.
by
Ronald G. Shafer
via
Retropolis
on
January 22, 2023
The Question of the Offensive Monument
A new book asks what we lose by simply removing monuments.
by
Erin L. Thompson
via
The Nation
on
December 5, 2022
Monuments with Mission Creep
On “all wars” memorials.
by
Andrew M. Shanken
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
October 26, 2022
A Tale of Two Toms
The uses and abuses of history through the "diary" of Thomas Fallon.
by
Jenny Hale Pulsipher
via
Commonplace
on
July 12, 2022
The Original Lincoln Memorial Stands Forgotten in D.C.’s Judiciary Square
“It is a better likeness of Lincoln than anything in plaster, stone, marble, or bronze that I have ever seen."
by
Jason Emerson
via
Retropolis
on
May 29, 2022
A Century Ago, the Lincoln Memorial's Dedication Underscored the Nation's Racial Divide
Seating was segregated, and the ceremony's only Black speaker was forced to drastically revise his speech to avoid spreading "propaganda."
by
Kellie B. Gormly
via
Smithsonian
on
May 27, 2022
Meet the Indigenous Activist Who Toppled Minnesota's Christopher Columbus Statue
The unauthorized removal of the monument took place during the racial justice protests of summer 2020.
by
Erin L. Thompson
via
Smithsonian
on
February 3, 2022
Alabama’s Capitol Is a Crime Scene. The Cover-up Has Lasted 120 Years.
How more than a century of whitewashed history poisons Alabama today.
by
Kyle Whitmire
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al.com
on
January 12, 2022
National Monument Audit
A massive assessment of the nation's current monument landscape, posing questions about common knowledge and debunking misperceptions within public memory.
via
Monument Lab
on
September 29, 2021
Monuments for the Interim Twenty-Four Thousand Years.
An account of the long-lasting effects of nuclear energy in the US.
by
Annie Simpson
via
Southern Cultures
on
August 23, 2021
History Was Never Subject to Democratic Control
Elite merchants put up a statue of a British slave trader. A band of protesters toppled it. Who decides what happens now?
by
Helen Lewis
via
The Atlantic
on
August 9, 2021
When Monuments Go Bad
The Chicago Monuments Project is searching for ways to resolve its landscape of problematic statues and make room for a new, different kind of public memorial.
by
Zach Mortice
via
CityLab
on
June 8, 2021
The Racist History Behind El Paso’s XII Travelers Memorial
Protesters in El Paso have focused on toppling The Equestrian, a monument to a racist colonizer. But the story behind the monument goes deeper.
by
David Dorado Romo
via
The Texas Observer
on
September 28, 2020
The New Monuments That America Needs
Every statue defends an idea about history, but what if those ideas are wrong?
by
Hua Hsu
via
The New Yorker
on
September 15, 2020
Take it From a Historian. We Don't Owe Anything to Confederate Monuments.
Trump spends so much time defending statues not because he cares about history, but precisely because he doesn’t
by
Timothy Snyder
via
The Guardian
on
July 23, 2020
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Exhibit
Monument Wars
This exhibit explores discussions about what we choose to memorialize – and why.
Associated Tags:
Confederate monuments
National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Statue of Liberty
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Emancipation Memorial
Washington Monument
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Jefferson Memorial
Virginia Civil Rights Memorial