Abraham Lincoln Statue Chicago News

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A statue of young Abraham Lincoln was sprinkled with red paint on Thanksgiving Day with the words "COLONIZER" and "LAND BACK!" composed listed below it in Chicago's Edgewater area. 

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The vandals likewise supposedly composed "Dakota 38," in obvious recommendation to 38 Dakota Sioux who were carried out on Lincoln's order following the U.S.- Dakota War of 1862, likewise referred to as the Sioux Uprising. 

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This was the 2nd time a Lincoln statue had actually been vandalized in Chicago just recently. 

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A statue of the previous president was likewise ruined with a comparable message in Lincoln Park in October. 

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The works on the ground were eliminated, and the statue was anticipated to be tidied up Monday

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Chicago Park District spokesperson Michele Lemons wrote in an e-mail to the Tribune. The Park District submitted an authorities report about the occurrence. 

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In 2020, policeman and protesters fought over a statue of Christopher Columbus, which was later on eliminated. 

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In August, a city commission advised a series of brand-new public memorials and the elimination of numerous statues for honoring white supremacy or disrespecting Native Americans. 

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A military commission sentenced 303 Dakota fighters to death. Lincoln licensed the hanging of 38 of the men in Minnesota in the biggest mass execution in U.S. history. 

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Chicago cops said no one remained in custody however investigators were examining. The city contributed the Young Lincoln statue by carver Charles Keck to Senn Park in 1997. 

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