NEW YORK – The American Museum of Natural History will remove a prominent statue of Theodore Roosevelt from its entrance after years of objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday.The bronze statue that has stood at the museum’s Central Park West entrance since 1940 depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and an African man standing next to the horse.”The American Museum of Natural […]
Source: The Jacksonvill Daily News
Theodore Roosevelt statue to be removed from Natural History museum; Trump calls move 'ridiculous'
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