SOURCE: ABC News
6/23/2020
tags: slavery, racism, memorials, Andrew Jackson, protests, public history
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6/23/2020
Protesters Try to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue Near White House
Breaking Newstags: slavery, racism, memorials, Andrew Jackson, protests, public history
Protesters tried to pull down a monument of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, in a park near the White House on Monday night before police intervened.
Scores of protesters broke through a fence surrounding the 168-year-old bronze equestrian statue at the center of Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. They climbed atop the sculpture and tied ropes around both Jackson and his horse before attempting to pull the statue from its base, which had been spray-painted with the word "killer."
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