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Boston to Remove Statue of Lincoln, Freed Slave

Boston to Remove Statue of Lincoln, Freed Slave
The Abraham Lincoln Statue, erected in 1879, by Thomas Ball, in Park Square in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 16, 2020. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
7/2/2020|Updated: 7/3/2020

Boston officials voted this week to remove a statue that shows former President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave who is breaking free from his chains.

“What I heard today is that it hurts to look at this piece, and in the Boston landscape we should not have works that bring shame to any groups of people, not only in Boston but across the entire United States,” Ekua Holmes, vice-chair of the Boston Art Commission, said in a statement after the commission voted unanimously to remove the statue.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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