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Mayor Lori Lightfoot is confronting the “hard truths of Chicago’s racial history,” launching a public process to review the fate of 40 statues and other monuments, including some of former presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley.
By Fran Spielman Feb 17, 2021, 5:22pm CST
According to the Chicago Monuments Project, “many art historians regard Lincoln Park’s ‘Standing Lincoln’ [by Augustus Saint-Gaudens] as one of the 19th century’s greatest masterpieces of public art.” But the project also has placed the statue on a list of 40 monuments that are being reviewed. Sun-Times file
Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Wednesday to confront the “hard truths of Chicago’s racial history” by launching a public process to review the fate of 40 statues, plaques and works of art, including those of four former U.S. presidents: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley.