Two statues of Lincoln in Chicago have now been defaced in relation to Lincolns role in the Sioux uprisings and his authorization of the execution of some Dakota men.
President Abraham Lincoln statue in Edgewater's Senn Park vandalized with anti-colonizer graffiti referencing Dakota 38. troubles with Native American tribesThe statue has stood in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood since the city donated it to Senn Park in 1997.
And over Thanksgiving weekend residents around the park found the statue covered in splashes of red paint along with the words"COLONIZER" and"LAND BACK." The vandals also may have written"Dakota 38" in possible reference to 38 Dakota Sioux members executed on Lincoln’s order following the U.S.-Dakota war in 1862, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The statue was one of many in the city examined as part of a commission set up after protests in 2020 that targeted
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