Why Was Grant's Statue Torn Down?
Under Pressure from the Local Stonecutters' Union, Which Objected to the Use of Prison Labor in the Cutting of the Granite Base of the Statue, the Statue Was...
Under pressure from the local stonecutters' union, which objected to the use of prison labor in the cutting of the granite base of the statue, the statue was taken down days after its initial installation, and reinstalled with a new base later the same year. The monument was toppled by protesters on June 19, 2020.
Why did they tear down Grant's statue?
Most controversially, protesters also pulled down a statue of Ulysses S Grant — the Union general responsible for the defeat of the Confederacy — because he owned a slave. ... He notably insisted that the Confederacy treat imprisoned black soldiers the same as white ones, to Robert E Lee's consternation.
Was Ulysses S Grant a Confederate?
In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
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