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May 05, 2021

Advocates Sue To Remove Maryland’s Last Confederate Statue On Public Grounds

The Talbot Boys statue was erected in Talbot County in 1916 during the Jim Crow Era.

Jul 23, 2020

House Votes To Remove Confederate Statues From U.S. Capitol

This bill, approved Wednesday, also seeks to remove a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who wrote the Dred Scott decision in 1857.

Jul 02, 2020

The Lincoln Statue In Capitol Hill Has Become A Monument To Public Debate Itself

“I think the Lincoln statue, maybe more than any other statue in the country, symbolizes all the arguments in one place.”

Jun 29, 2020

Loudoun Daughters Of Confederacy: We’ll Take Our Statue Back

With a letter, the United Daughters of the Confederacy asks to take back a statue that has honored Confederate soldiers for 112 years in Leesburg.

Aug 31, 2017

Baltimore Wants Public Input On What To Do At Vacant Confederate Memorial Sites

The Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts has created an online portal to collect ideas.

 
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