Trump statues appear in D.C., Philadelphia and Portland : NPR

It's not clear if the same artist or artists are behind all four installations. But the style of the bronze sculptures and the tone and font of their accompanying plaques look nearly identical...

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/31/nx-s1-5173569/trump-statues-portland-philadelphia-sexual-assault

What's going on when the Virgin Mary appears and statues weep? The answers aren't just about science or the supernatural

When it comes to weeping statues, one of the primary questions is whether the event has been staged. For example, in two cases of statues that supposedly had wept blood – one in Canada in 1986 and another in Italy in 2006 – the blood turned out be that of the statue's owner. 

Liquids can also be injected into the porous material of statues and later seep out as "tears." Oil that is mixed with fat can be applied to a statue's eyes, which will "weep" when ambient temperatures rise…

https://theconversation.com/whats-going-on-when-the-virgin-mary-appears-and-statues-weep-the-answers-arent-just-about-science-or-the-supernatural-204091

PragerU Loves Terrible Statues

https://youtu.be/Ay8z0abJ9A8

Take it from a historian. We don't owe anything to Confederate monuments

Trump spends so much time defending statues not because he cares about history, but precisely because he doesn’t
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/23/trump-portland-confederate-monuments-racism-history

Top House Republican threatens to cut funding to states, cities that don't protect statues - Reuters

The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues, after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy. “It is wrong to erase our history,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement, criticizing “left-wing mobs” who have attacked statues across the United States. Under his bill, introduced with fellow Republican Representatives Jim Jordan and Sam Graves, some federal funds would be withheld if local governments do not “restore order or arrest rioters.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-statues-idUSKCN24H2RN

Ken Burns: Our monuments are representations of myth, not fact | Opinion

Our most venerated monuments represent a mythology. While we may hope the statue represents our highest aspirations of what America can and should be. It also can be a reminder of where and how far we fall short ....
https://youtu.be/W08bTFhuwKs

Trump Uses Mount Rushmore Event to Sic Supporters on ‘Evil’ Protesters

President Donald Trump devoted his Fourth of July weekend speech at Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota on Friday night not to uniting the country for Independence Day, but to trying to own the libs who take issue with the Confederate statues he sees as vital to American culture. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-uses-mount-rushmore-event-to-sic-supporters-on-evil-protesters

Cartoon: Time is a flat circle

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/6/24/1955565/-Cartoon-Time-is-a-flat-circle

What the George Floyd protests have achieved in just two weeks

Minneapolis voted to defund its police, New York City vowed to reform NYPD and statues were toppled across the country
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/08/what-have-protests-achieved-george-floyd-death-police-funding-statues

The white lie we've been told about Roman statues

https://youtu.be/4jmMWohs1XM

This massacre of black soldiers during the Civil War is reason enough to bring down the Confederate statues - Raw Story

April 12 is the 154th anniversary of the Civil War battle and massacre at Fort Pillow, located on the Mississippi River near Henning, Tennessee. It was a strategic location, held by United States (Union) forces just north of Memphis and controlling river access to and from St. Louis and the Ohio River Valley. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/massacre-black-soldiers-civil-war-reason-enough-bring-confederate-statues/