{"id":1970327,"date":"2023-07-11T22:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T02:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/county-named-for-andrew-jackson-to-remove-monuments-to-former-president\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T22:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T02:38:55","slug":"county-named-for-andrew-jackson-to-remove-monuments-to-former-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/county-named-for-andrew-jackson-to-remove-monuments-to-former-president\/","title":{"rendered":"County to Remove Monuments of Andrew Jackson"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fcounty-named-for-andrew-jackson-to-remove-monuments-to-former-president%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=1970327&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--><h2>A Missouri County Votes to Remove Andrew Jackson Statues Despite Previous Resident Vote<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jackson County, Missouri, named after former president Andrew Jackson, is set to remove two statues of the controversial figure. This decision comes despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/county-named-for-andrew-jackson-to-remove-monuments-to-former-president\/\" title=\"County to Remove Monuments of Andrew Jackson\">county residents previously voting<\/a> to keep the monuments standing.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I remain committed in my belief that the statues of a man who owned slaves, caused thousands of Native Americans to die and never stepped foot in our County should be removed from our public facilities,&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">City officials in Jackson County, Missouri, have decided to remove the statues of Andrew Jackson located outside courthouses in Independence and Kansas City. The Jackson County Legislature voted 7-1 in favor of removing the statues, overturning the previous decision to let <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-ga-voter-turnout-low-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Report: Ga. voter turnout low on election day\">residents vote<\/a> on their fate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-bombshell-mi-judge-grants-attorney-matt-deperno-permission-to-release-results-of-forensic-examination-on-16-dominion-voting-machines-in-antrim-co-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING BOMBSHELL: MI Judge Grants Attorney Matt DePerno Permission To RELEASE Results Of Forensic Examination On 16 Dominion Voting Machines In Antrim Co. [VIDEO]\">ballot initiative<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;It is in the moral interest of Jackson County to immediately create separation from these moments in our nation\u2019s history through the removal of statues or monuments associated with them so as to not accidentally bestow honor on individuals who were engaged in the genocide of indigenous groups or proponents of slavery,&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ballot initiative held in November 2020 saw over 72% of county residents voting against the proposal to remove the statues. However, County Executive Frank White expressed his belief that the statues should be removed due to Jackson&#8217;s controversial actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The statues of Andrew Jackson, who played a significant role in the American victory at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, were located in front of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City and the Historic Truman Courthouse in Independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2021, a plaque referencing Martin Luther King Jr. was added to the statue, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging past injustices to create a more just society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The decision to remove the statues follows a resolution introduced by Legislator Manny Abarca, highlighting Jackson&#8217;s ties to slavery and the Trail of Tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The statues have been subject to vandalism in recent years, with some labeling Jackson as a racist. After their removal, the statues will be stored by the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1688831213092000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1PLjNvPE9xhE43TkDJzri8\">here<\/a> to get the DailyWire+ app!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Missouri county named after Andrew Jackson will take down two statues of the ex-president, despite previous resident support. Jackson County officials will remove the statues in Independence and Kansas City courthouses after a 7-1 vote by the county legislature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1970328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}