Demonstrators used ropes to pull down a statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, in Richmond, Virginia, which was the capital of the Confederate States of America. Western Kentucky University officials approved  removal of a historic sign denoting Bowling Green as the Confederate state capital of Kentucky. June 10: Confederate monument, Alabama. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. The vandals set afire and defaced the depiction of Linn once it was on the ground. 2. Crews removed a statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt, believed to be the first Confederate soldier killed at the start of the Civil War, from its location in Raleigh. 28. July 14: Confederate monument, Georgia. Rioters in Portland, Oregon, toppled a statue of President Abraham Lincoln in what they called an “Indigenous Peoples’ Day of Rage.” They said they were angry about the Columbus Day holiday and Lincoln’s approval of the execution of 38 Dakota Sioux fighters known as the “Dakota 38.”. “We’re not going to agree on everything—that’s just not human history, human nature. Nationally, rioters have targeted Catholic churches and statues of Jesus and Mary. A statue of Serra was torn down in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on June 19 by a crowd of about … Rioters toppled a white marble statue of Columbus and threw it into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. A statue of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra was toppled in a San Francisco park Friday, along with statues of Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant. Two statues of two Confederate soldiers that were part of a larger obelisk were torn down Friday night by protesters in Raleigh, North Carolina. Another statue of the Virgin Mary was vandalized in New York City on July 10th. But there is a lot of obfuscating on your part about what is occurring. Several statues of Jesus, Saint Mary, and three children were torn down and defaced by night at a Catholic church. Someone decapitated a statue of Columbus outside Waterbury City Hall. A mob pulled down a statue of St. Junipero Serra, an 18th-century Roman Catholic priest and missionary, that had stood in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for over a century. University officials were wary of  ongoing race-related protests and concerned about the central placement of the marker. They also defaced the statue, which stood outside Thomas Jefferson High School, with graffiti reading “SLAVE OWNER,” among other things. 12. Someone set fire to artificial flowers in the hand of a statue of the Virgin Mary at Saint Peter’s Parish Church in Dorchester. Sutter abused and enslaved Native Americans in the 1840s, according to HistoryNet. (Photo: Parker Michels-Boyce/AFP/Getty Images). The statue is at Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Indianapolis city workers removed a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died in a Union prison camp in Indianapolis during the Civil War. Vandals broke off one of the hands on the statue during the first night of protests in May; vandals also spray-painted the statue with graffiti. (Marion County Sheriff's Office). She is the co-host of The Daily Signal Podcast and Problematic Women. Boston police are investigating a fire that left a statue of the Virgin Mary damaged on Saturday. July 10: Charles Didier Dreux, Louisiana. 70. — A statue of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra was toppled in a San Francisco park Friday, along with statues of Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant. Vandals defaced a statue of the Founding Father and first president in Washington Park, covering the base in red spray paint reading “SLAVE OWNER” and “GOD BLESS AMERIKKKA.” The perpetrators also placed a white gown and hood on the sculpture. 24. Here’s What She Saw. 30. He told investigators what he did was "awesome" and that he was on a "mission" as he smiled and laughed while admitting to setting the church ablaze, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Ocala Star-Banner. July 13: Confederate monument, North Carolina. The board has yet to decide where it will be relocated. They threw chains around the statue in an apparent reference to what they said was Roosevelt’s hostile treatment of Native Americans. June 19: Ulysses S. Grant, California. State officials announced plans to return the monument to the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Authorities dropped charges of first-degree criminal mischief against all four June 11. By the governor’s order, workers removed a monument dedicated to the women of North Carolina who lived during the Civil War. June 22: Andrew Jackson, District of Columbia. Drake, an English naval officer who famously circumnavigated the world, died in 1596 at age 55. Shields, who lives in nearby Dunnellon, told a detective he has problems with the Catholic Church and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is not taking his medication, the Star-Banner reported. At the order of the city manager, workers removed a statue of explorer Francis Drake from Larkspur Landing, the main Golden Gate Ferry terminal in Larkspur, California, SFist reported. The monument, built in 1908, features a Confederate soldier atop a tall pillar. Nathalie Voit contributed to this list, which was updated and expanded July 31, Aug. 7, and Nov. 2. 102. Work crews removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson from Richmond’s Monument Avenue, on order of Mayor Levar Stoney, a Democrat. July 4: Christopher Columbus, Maryland. They dragged a bronze depiction of a cavalryman down the road with a rope around its neck and hung the statue from a lightpost. The next day, crews removed the statue from outside Albuquerque Museum. 98. 44. 88. 33. July 30: Christopher Columbus, Illinois. “It was a really political act. Busts removed included those of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy; Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate cavalry general and 40th governor of Virginia; Confederate generals J.E.B. Catholic churches torn down or denuded of their crosses and statues. Fox News’ Travis Fedschun contributed to this report. A vandal or vandals defaced a Confederate monument at a cemetery in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, by painting a swastika, the letter “X,” and the letters “USA” on it. 15. Police arrested and charged two men, identified as Caleb Wassell, 27, and Michaela Davis, 32, who they said drove the bust to the Mississippi River and dumped it into the water. The City Council voted unanimously July 15 to remove and relocate the statue, KCOY-TV reported. June 24: John C. Calhoun, South Carolina. A man in Florida plowed his vehicle into the Queen of Peace Catholic Church as it was preparing for morning Mass on Saturday, poured gasoline in the foyer, and then set the building on fire before driving off, the Marion County Sheriff's Office reports. 62. Protesters gathered outside the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul used rope to pull down a 10-foot bronze statue of Columbus. 64. 113. 49. Despite the church foyer being heavily damaged, Mass was celebrated Saturday and Sunday, according to the local news. Rioters had attempted to topple the statue in mid-July. July 7: Confederate monument, North Carolina. Vandals spray-painted a statue of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in Bayfront Park, the same Miami park where someone defaced the Columbus statue. The Athens-Clarke County Commission voted unanimously to remove this Confederate memorial dating from 1872. 52. Crews removed a statue of Raphael Semmes, an admiral in the Confederate navy, in downtown Mobile, Alabama. The Diocese of Brooklyn announced police are investigating the incident in which the statue at Cathedral Prep School and Seminary in Queens had "IDOL" spray-painted on it at 3 a.m. Friday morning, the Catholic News Agency reports. Steven Anthony Shields, 24, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, arson, burglary, and evading arrest. The Gainesville City Council voted unanimously to remove a Confederate monument from Leonard Park. “It was torn down for its Catholic associations, and it was recast as church bells for an Anglican Church,” she said. June 20: St. Junipero Serra, California. Please continue praying for those who committed this act of vandalism and hatred toward Our Lady and the Church.”. According to the Tennessee State Museum, Carmack criticized Ida B. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, 72. Aug. 23: William Wing Loring, Florida. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez). The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Vandals defaced a monument to Confederate soldiers in Amarillo with orange and blue paint. 84. 20. Castleman became a brigadier general in the U.S. Army after the Civil War and was instrumental in setting up Louisville’s segregated park system, The Courier-Journal reported. Demonstrators pulled down statues of two Confederate soldiers from a monument just outside the State Capitol in Raleigh. A mob vandalized a memorial to fallen police officers outside Police Department headquarters in downtown Kansas City. The monument, built in 1892, commemorates a Confederate artillery unit known as the Howitzers, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Vandals did succeed in defacing the base of the statue with graffiti reading “KILLER” and “RACIST SCUM,” among other things. A controversial statue of the Virgin Mary has been returned to Prague's Old Town Square, over a century after the original was torn down by an angry mob. They also covered the statue’s face and hands in red paint. 66. Workers removed a century-old Confederate monument from McDonough Square in McDonough, Georgia, WSB-TV reported. 85. June 20: Women of the Confederacy, North Carolina. ", Sean Feucht, a California worship leader and pastor, commenting on the incidents asked, "Where's the outrage? In a tweet, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, a Democrat, said Schuyler reportedly was “the largest owner of enslaved people in Albany during his time.”, 32. June 19: Francis Scott Key, California. The bronze depiction of Davis originally was placed along Monument Avenue in 1907. Vandals had covered the statue in graffiti, and its location has been the site of numerous protests since Floyd’s death. 54. Rioters toppled a bust of Ulysses S. Grant, the Union general and later president who played an integral role in ending slavery in America. The Justice Department on July 2 charged four men with defacing the statue, including a man identified as a ringleader. Workers removed a stone monument to Confederate troops in Phoenix. "Churches are being burned to the ground. A vandal or vandals spray-painted a statue of 19th-century Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier in the city named after him, writing “BLM” and “— Slave Owners” on it. Police were looking for a third man who they said hammered and spray-painted the bust. Filing an auto insurance claim? They’re tearing down Winston Churchill in England because he’s apparently a symbol of fascism, even though he fought fascists in World War II. June 20: Henry Lawson Wyatt, North Carolina. ", Florida church attacked while parishioners prepare for Mass, Steven Anthony Shields, 24, allegedly crashed his vehicle through the front doors of the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala and then set a fire in the building's foyer area, according to the sheriff's office. Vandals toppled two statues, one known as “The Pioneer” and the other as “The Pioneer Mother,” at the University of Oregon. A Florida man is facing attempted murder charges after being apprehended by police. Two women vandalized the base of a statue of President Ronald Reagan in Dixon with blue paint reading “BLACK LIVES MATTER.” The Dixon Police Department obtained photos of the women and asked the public to help identify them. 78. Oct. 12:  Roosevelt ‘Rough Rider’ statue, OregonRioters in Portland, Oregon, toppled a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt as part of the “Indigenous Peoples’ Day of Rage.”  They defaced the statue with red paint and used a blowtorch on the base. Images of the Madonna and Child replaced with pictures of “People’s Leader” Xi Jinping.Signs posted outside … As we saw on Father’s Day weekend, in cities across America, lawless vandals are defacing and pulling down statues, destroying public property, often as police and authorities … Rioters attempted to tear down a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House, but police intervened. Black Lives Matter protesters had defaced the memorial by spray-painting it with graffiti. June 10: Christopher Columbus, Minnesota. LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The California Catholic Conference of Bishops is denouncing the toppling of Junipero Serra statues that protesters took down in San Francisco and Los Angeles over … ... a Catholic priest responsible for missions across California. A large crowd beheaded statues of four Confederate soldiers, all part of the same monument, in Portsmouth, Virginia. The sculpture had been on display since 1883. 25. Gov. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. On and around the statues, they wrote phrases such as “ALL COPS LIE,” “You f— a— cops are getting abolished,” and “NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.”, 58. The university announced its decision to remove all Confederate monuments from university-owned land in June. The La Crosse Tribune reported that Mayor Tim Kabat, a progressive, requested the action. July 23: Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway marker, Arizona. The man also placed a rainbow wig on the statue’s head. The fire destroyed the rooftop and most of the interior of the nearly 250-year-old California church that was undergoing renovation. The Massachusetts-born Pike, a journalist, lawyer, and orator, resigned from the Confederate States Army in July 1862. 83. Officials in Dearborn, Michigan, removed a statue of Orville Hubbard, the city’s mayor from 1942 to 1978. The city removed the statue the next day, citing safety concerns. Police officers initially stopped the demonstrators. Rioters toppled a statue of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” on the day known as Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 that slaves in Texas learned Lincoln had freed them a year and a half earlier. The act was a “hate crime,” Chris Marzan, spokesman for the California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Foundation, said. “We are sincerely grateful for the help we have received as well as the prayers. The City Council of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, approved removal of a Confederate monument featuring a soldier standing atop a tall pillar. Ever feel like the only difference between the New York Times and Washington Post is the name? Vandals previously had defaced the statue with paint in 2015 and beheaded it in 2006. What?," Mike Cernovich, a controversial right-leaning author, said in a video on Twitter. You can follow him on Twitter, Florida man drives car into church, sets building on fire with parishioners inside. Why Foreign Policy Spending in the COVID-19 Relief Bill Is Wrong, Trump Shouldn’t Pardon Dark Web ‘Pirate’ Ulbricht, Can We Restore America? Workers removed a statue of Frank Rizzo, the Democratic mayor of Philadelphia in the 1970s, from the steps of the Municipal Services Building. Statues of controversial figures tied to slavery are being toppled across the Bay Area and beyond. 34. July 24: Christopher Columbus, Illinois. Boston’s Art Commission voted to remove a statue of President Abraham Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation while a freed slave rises from a kneeling position with broken shackles on his wrists. Following George Floyd's police-related death in May, Black Lives Matter leaders and protesters called for the toppling of statues, from Confederate symbols to former U.S. presidents and abolitionists. Caldwell County commissioners voted 4-1 to relocate a Confederate monument that has stood on the lawn of the county courthouse in Lockhart. 77. A vandal or vandals partially pulled down a statue dedicated to the Confederate  soldiers of Sampson County, North Carolina. Vandals smashed a 145-year-old statue of a Union soldier in Saratoga Springs, New York. June 19: Gen. Albert Pike, District of Columbia. A Columbus statue … Some sources say the Spanish missionary abused Native Americans on the West Coast and subjected them to forced labor. The city planned to remove the statue sometime after a public hearing Aug. 17. Activist Shaun King called for all images depicting Jesus as a "White European" and his mother to be torn down because they're forms of "White supremacy" and "racist propaganda." June 14: John Greenleaf Whittier, California. … June 30: Lincoln Emancipation Statue, Massachusetts. Rioters had spray-painted the bronze monument of the general atop a horse. A vandal or vandal pulled down a statue of John McDonogh outside Gallier Hall in New Orleans. >>> Related: 8 Acts of Vandalism, Desecration at Churches Across Nation. 22. A mob toppled a statue of Charles Linn, a Confederate navy captain who was one of the founders of Birmingham, Alabama. He explained the statue was put up decades ago in memory of World War II veterans. The list of American statues and other monuments that have been toppled, decapitated, defaced, or removed since the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis grew longer almost daily through June and July. Graffiti reading “BLM” (an acronym for Black Lives Matter) covered the base of the statue, which had stood in the park since 1891. Dreux is reported to have been the first Confederate field officer to die in the Civil War. Activists toppled a statue of Junipero Serra from its post at Placita Olvera in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. July 15: George Washington, Louisiana. They also covered the face of the statue with red paint. Antonio Negrete of the San Gabriel Fire Department told the local Fox 11 news outlet. July 11: The Virgin Mary, Massachusetts. DeKalb County Judge Clarence Seeliger ordered the monument be taken down and stored, WSB-TV reported. 45. Reagan lived in Dixon from age 9 to 22. 106. Legal Statement. Activist Shaun King called for all images depicting Jesus as a "White European" and his mother to be torn down because they're forms of "White supremacy" and "racist propaganda.". Workers removed a statue of King Louis XVI  from Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, to protect it from further damage. Someone had spray-painted the bronze statue of Rizzo, also a former Philadelphia police chief. 56. Caleb Parke is an associate editor for FoxNews.com. From 1799 to 1818, Baranov was in effect the first governor of Alaska. Dedicated in 1984, the plaque described the “Battle at Picacho” in 1862 as the “westernmost battle of the Civil War.”. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. Arizona Gov. The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Vandals had covered the base of the monument—featuring a Confederate soldier atop a pillar—with graffiti. June 12: Christopher Columbus, Pennsylvania. It's our city identifier.". Rioters littered a Confederate monument in Norfolk,  Virginia, with toilet paper and graffiti, including the letters “BLM.” City officials said they planned to remove the monument. June 10: Christopher Columbus, Virginia. Rioters pulled down the statue of Columbus that had stood in Richmond, Virginia, since 1927. Stuart, Confederate general, from Richmond’s Monument Avenue. Historic California church goes up in a blaze, The interior of the San Gabriel Mission is damaged following a morning fire, Saturday, July 11, 2020, in San Gabriel, Calif. That carries huge symbolic meaning.” A crowd shouted “Take it down! Gov. The United Daughters of the Confederacy removed the “Appomattox” statue in Alexandria depicting a lone soldier to commemorate all of the city’s Confederate soldiers. Vandals defaced the statue with graffiti and wrapped an American flag around its head and set it on fire. Virginia Allen is a news producer for The Daily Signal. Rizzo allowed violence against black Americans while mayor from 1972 to 1980, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. 57. Vandals spray-painted obscenities and other words on a sculpture of Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate outside El Paso International Airport in Texas. Junipero Serra in what is now downtown Los Angeles in 1932, a statue that was torn down last weekend, as when they erected statues … The Caddo Parish Commission and the Shreveport, Louisiana, chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy reached a court settlement to remove a Confederate monument from outside the local courthouse. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, ordered work crews to remove what was left of the monument. The memorial had been in its original location on Quintard Avenue for 115 years. Boston police are investigating a reported fire outside St. Peter Parish at 10 p.m., where they found the burned statue. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. 13. Crews removed a statue of a Confederate soldier from Hemming Park in Jacksonville, Florida. 8 Acts of Vandalism, Desecration at Churches Across Nation, Deep policy understanding from over 100 experts. The Washington Post reported that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, decided to remove the statue temporarily to protect it from rioters. 104. Fr. He led the fight against them. June 30: New York City Hall, New York, Rioters used black spray paint and tape to deface statues of three figures standing on the side of New York City Hall in Manhattan. “This will be another box that they’re going to check off,” he said, adding, "It's a tragic loss for our city. Someone applied graffiti to deface the plaque in front of the statue of Lee at Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Louisville was named after Louis XVI, the last king of France before the French Revolution, in honor of the monarch’s support for American colonists during the Revolutionary War. House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, a Democrat from Fairfax County, ordered removal of the sculptures. This was the second time it was removed. Vandals defaced the monument with graffiti in June. 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