Vandalized during a demonstration this week and then cleaned by the city, it was removed overnight without any public notice.
The decision to take down the statue wasn’t about Semmes or the monument itself, “and it is not an attempt to rewrite history,” he wrote.
It is about removing a potential distraction so we may focus clearly on the future of our city,” Stimpson said.
It is about removing a potential distraction so we may focus clearly on the future of our city.
The city of Birmingham removed a towering obelisk after another statue was toppled by protesters.
Virginia’s governor has decided to remove a huge statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, after city authorities said they’ll remove other Confederate monuments from Monument Avenue.
The statue was dedicated in 1900, the year before Alabama ratified a Constitution that established white supremacy in the state by essentially disenfranchising blacks and poor whites. »