New York’s authorities dismantled the monument to the 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt, which for more than 80 years was located before entering the American Museum of Natural History, reports CNN with reference to the Museum Representative.
The work on the dismantling of the bronze statue was started on Tuesday and completed on Thursday evening. The representative of the museum stressed that the operation cost about $ 2 million. According to him, dismantling the statue was carried out in coordination with specialists to preserve historical heritage and agreed with many city departments.
Demonstrate the statue was taken in June 2020 on the wave of combating monuments to political figures of the past, which began in the United States after the death of the African America George Floyd in Minneapolis. The museum’s management then appealed to the city authorities with the relevant proposal, which was approved. According to the former mayor of New York, Bill de Blazio, dark-skinned and representatives of the indigenous population of America are presented on the monument to oppressed and defective on a racial basis.