{"id":1043294,"date":"2021-11-22T09:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043294"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:14:02","slug":"cancel-mob-wins-theodore-roosevelt-statue-at-nyc-museum-heading-for-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancel-mob-wins-theodore-roosevelt-statue-at-nyc-museum-heading-for-north-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancel Mob Wins: Theodore Roosevelt Statue at NYC Museum Heading for North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcancel-mob-wins-theodore-roosevelt-statue-at-nyc-museum-heading-for-north-dakota%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A bronze statue honoring Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is bound for a new home in North Dakota. The move means it will no longer welcome visitors to New York City\u2019s American Museum of Natural History after a stint of 81 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation<a href=\"https:\/\/8do5842xs2ewhrr625bejk1b-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TRPL-Announcement-Press-Release-FINAL-1.pdf\"> announced<\/a> the relocation in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The monument will be dispatched after complaints its depiction of the mounted president flanked by walking Native American and African figures offended the sensibilities of passers by and was deemed \u201cproblematic due to its hierarchical depiction,\u201d UPI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2021\/11\/22\/Theodore-Roosevelt-statue-relocation\/9061637559907\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The work,&nbsp;created by sculptor James Earle Fraser, is now headed to&nbsp;a public facility that bears the former president\u2019s name in Medora, N. D.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18854226\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1223401681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18854226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1223401681-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A rally lead by the New York Young Republican Club calls for the Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt to remain in place on June 28, 2020 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, which is set to open in 2026, said it entered into an agreement with New York City for the long-term loan and reconsideration of the statue, which has resided outside the museum since 1940.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library for proposing a fitting new home for the Equestrian Statue,\u201d said Vicki Been, New York City\u2019s deputy mayor for Housing and Economic Development. \u201cThis long-term loan would allow an important part of the city\u2019s art collection to be appropriately contextualized, and we look forward to continuing to work with the library on next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/23\/cancel-mob-victory-theodore-roosevelt-monument-at-nyc-museum-to-be-relocated\/\">reported<\/a>, museum officials in June 2020 first proposed removing the statue. The museum is on city-owned property and Mayor Bill de Blasio supported the removal of the \u201cproblematic statue.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Radical Left comes for Theodore Roosevelt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qh1HijwpWQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qh1HijwpWQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1275083235551215617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sam Biederman of the New York City Parks Department said at the time although the work \u201cwas not erected with malice of intent,\u201d its composition \u201csupports a thematic framework of colonization and racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuseums are supposed to do hard things,\u201d said Edward O\u2019Keefe, chief executive officer of the foundation added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is said that \u2018those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it,\u2019 and our job is to forthrightly examine history to understand the present and make a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze statue honoring Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is bound for a new home in North Dakota. 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