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WHEN statues come down, it’s only natural to ask questions: who did they depict, what did they represent, who did they honour, who did they harm, which stories did they tell, which ones did they erase? Who decided to put them up in the first place?
WHEN statues come down, it’s only natural to ask questions: who did they depict, what did they represent, who did they honour, who did they harm, which stories did they tell, which ones did they erase? Who decided to put them up in the first place?
Those are good questions to ask, and they’ve been percolating in Manitoba since July 1, when a pair of idols depicting Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, two British monarchs, were taken down by protesters who had split off from a peaceful Canada Day march in support of residential school survivors at the province’s legislative building.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Ben Waldman | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 16, 2021 Save to Read Later
William Hudson stood on the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building last June, thinking about what he would say and who would be there to hear him say it.
William Hudson stood on the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building last June, thinking about what he would say and who would be there to hear him say it.
He’d driven there in his pickup truck, along with his wife and box after box of supplies, arriving early to set up for a rally he never wanted to have, that every father prays will never be necessary. A few dozen people were sitting out on the grass, some holding signs with his daughter’s name Eishia spelled out in paint and in permanent marker.
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It s Wednesday afternoon at Birds Hill Provincial Park. The temperature is 20 degrees, with a cool breeze sweeping over the grounds of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
It s Wednesday afternoon at Birds Hill Provincial Park. The temperature is 20 degrees, with a cool breeze sweeping over the grounds of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Chris Frayer and Lynne Skromeda both know it: the campers should be setting up right now, settling in to hear songs they’ve heard a hundred times and ones they’ve never heard before. The not-so-calm before the… well, storm is the wrong word. Before the commotion.
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Idols no more
A tour of the legislative grounds reveals a collection of statues and memorials that delivers a selective history lesson By: Ben Waldman | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2021 Save to Read Later
The toppling last Thursday of statues depicting queens Victoria and Elizabeth II on the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds has sparked a debate over who and what deserve to stand in stone and in bronze around the central forum of provincial politics.
The toppling last Thursday of statues depicting queens Victoria and Elizabeth II on the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds has sparked a debate over who and what deserve to stand in stone and in bronze around the central forum of provincial politics.