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Monuments

  1. art and soul
    6 Artists Reimagine Monuments on the National Mall“Beyond Granite: Pulling Together” honors the people and events whose history had yet to be etched in stone in Washington.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  2. art and soul
    Reimagining What Monuments Can BeA new public-art exhibition in Philadelphia aims to “transform the way our country’s histories are told in public spaces.”
    By Cornelia Channing
  3. power
    Corey Couldn’t Take It AnymoreA Yale cafeteria worker smashed a monument to slavery, and changed an institution.
    By Quiara Alegría Hudes
  4. vandalism
    Frederick Douglass Statue Vandalized Over July 4th WeekendThe statue was torn down from its base in a Rochester park and found near the edge of a gorge.
    By Claire Lampen
  5. new york city
    Two Revolutionary Trans Activists Are Getting a Monument in NYCMarsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera will be honored for their pioneering advocacy.
    By Amanda Arnold
  6. new york city
    Here’s Why New Yorkers Think Shirley Chisholm Deserves a Monument“Chisholm’s story is the embodiment of the American Dream, and her trailblazing nature is quintessentially New York.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  7. monuments
    45-Foot-Tall Naked Woman May Be Coming to the National MallThe statue has previously been displayed — where else? — at Burning Man.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  8. monuments
    Central Park Doesn’t Have Any Statues of Actual Historical WomenThat could be changing soon, though.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen