{"id":1228429,"date":"2022-01-20T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1228429"},"modified":"2022-01-20T19:08:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:08:27","slug":"canceled-nyc-removes-teddy-roosevelt-monument-from-museum-of-natural-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canceled-nyc-removes-teddy-roosevelt-monument-from-museum-of-natural-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Canceled: NYC Removes Teddy Roosevelt Monument from Museum of Natural History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fcanceled-nyc-removes-teddy-roosevelt-monument-from-museum-of-natural-history%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=1228429&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>The statue depicting the 26th President of the United States was taken down on Wednesday, the outlet reports. It will be relocated to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/22\/cancel-mob-wins-theodore-roosevelt-statue-at-nyc-museum-heading-for-north-dakota\/\">scheduled<\/a> to open in 2026, Breitbart News previously reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18854226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1223401681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18854226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1223401681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/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>Museum officials spoke of removing the statue in June 2020 on the heels of nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, according to previous&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/06\/21\/teddy-roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-museum-of-natural-history\/\">reporting<\/a>&nbsp;by Breitbart News:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOver the last few weeks, our museum community has been profoundly moved by the ever-widening movement for racial justice that has emerged after the killing of George Floyd,\u201d the museum\u2019s president, Ellen V. Futter,&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/21\/arts\/design\/roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-museum-of-natural-history.html?smid=tw-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>. \u201cWe have watched as the attention of the world and the country has increasingly turned to statues as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimply put,\u201d Futter added, \u201cthe time has come to move it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio also endorsed removing the \u201cproblematic statue\u201d at the time. The museum is situated on city-owned property.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18854210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/Theodore-Roosevelt-Statue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18854210 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Theodore-Roosevelt-Statue-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 28: 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. The American Museum of Natural History has requested that the City of New York and Mayor Bill de Blasio remove the statue&nbsp;as part of a movement to remove racist monuments across the country. In a statement, the museum added that the statue itself communicates a racial hierarchy that the Museum and members of the public have long found disturbing. (Photo by David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">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)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roughly a year later, on June 21, 2021, \u201cThe New York City Public Design Commission unanimously approved a measure to relocate the statue,\u201d 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>. The commission\u2019s decision was first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/22\/arts\/design\/theodore-roosevelt-statue-museum-natural-history-removal.html\">covered<\/a> by the <em>New York Times.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sam Biederman, with the New York City Parks Department, asserted that although&nbsp;the monument \u201cwas not erected with malice of intent,\u201d its composition \u201csupports a thematic framework of colonization and racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On November 19, 2021, the&nbsp;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> in a release that it&nbsp;\u201centered into an agreement with the City of New York for the long-term loan and reconsideration of the Equestrian Statue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release states:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The board of the TR Library believes the Equestrian Statue is problematic in its composition. Moreover, its current location denies passersby consent and context. The agreement with the City allows the TR Library to relocate the statue for storage while considering a display that would enable it to serve as an important tool to study the nation\u2019s past. With the support of members of the Roosevelt family, the TR Library will establish an Advisory Council composed of representatives of the Indigenous Tribal and Black communities, historians, scholars, and artists to guide the recontextualization of the statue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Board of Trustees for the&nbsp;New York State Roosevelt Memorial commissioned the monument in 1929, the release states. It was designed by James Earle Fraser and was placed in front of the Manhattan museum in 1940.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statue depicting the 26th President of the United States was taken down on Wednesday, the outlet reports. 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