“When a nation is conquered, it removes tributes to the heroes of the newly occupied power.” – James Kirkpatrick
It was never going to stop with tearing down statues/monuments or renaming streets/schools honoring Confederate soldiers.
It’s a war on every last vestige of the history white men created on this continent and the civilization they alone birthed.[Century-old statue of Revolutionary War hero removed in NY over slavery, New York Post, June 10, 2023]
A nearly century-old statue of the Revolutionary War hero Gen. Philip Schuyler — one of Albany’s largest slave owners — was removed from outside city hall in the state capitol Saturday morning.
A moving crew took nearly three hours to haul the statue off its base and load it onto a trailer.
It’s now destined for an undisclosed storage facility until the city can decide what to do with it.
The removal cost about $40,000, according to NewsChannel 13 Albany.
The nine-foot depiction of Schuyler — who was a New York senator and the father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton — may also contain a time capsule with maps, coins, and other knick-knacks dating from its unveiling in 1925, the Albany Times Union reported.
Despite his prominence in American history, Schuyler came in for criticism after the death of George Floyd and the subsequent riots carried out around the country in 2020.
During his lifetime, he was one of the largest slaveowners in the city.
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan ordered Schuyler’s removal in June 2020 during the height of the unrest, but the project had languished for years pending the results of an engineering study.
The removal follows a similar trend around the state of iconic statues being removed to satisfy progressive demands.
In 2021 a 187-year-old statute of Thomas Jefferson was removed from City Hall.
How long until Mount Rushmore is destroyed at this rate?
If we don’t learn to say “no,“ not long from now.
We are running out of an America to defend; notice End Wokeness’ point on Twitter:
“One of the defining images of our era/ City Hall removes Revolutionary War hero General Philip Schuyler/ Pride flags wave in the background.”
Courtesy of UNZ
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