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According to the Chicago Monuments Project, “many art historians regard Lincoln Park’s ‘Standing Lincoln’ 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.
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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 41 statues, plaques and works of art, including those of four former U.S. presidents: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley.
Six months ago, Lightfoot ordered two statues of Christopher Columbus “temporarily” removed in the middle of the night after receiving “intelligence that gave us great concern” something bad was about to happen.
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The powers that be in Chicago have determined that the city is far too cluttered with statues, monuments, plaques, and even gravestones. So they formed a commission the Chicago Monuments Project that will determine which historical figures are worthy of being honored and which should be consigned to the dustbin of history. There are 41 historical markers on the chopping block which is a very good start to altering the past, but so much still needs to be done.
It’s hard work erasing history, so praise for the work of this commission should be forthcoming from all of us. We should be grateful for being instructed in how to think, what to feel, whom to admire, whom to despise. If you dare question their judgment in these matters, you’re a racist, sexist, misogynistic, Indian-hating, slavery-loving, nerf herder. (Apologies to all you Wookies out there.)