Statues

Jan
9

William Penn Gets Cancelled in Philadelphia, then the Cancellation Gets Cancelled

Allan on January 9th, 2024

William Penn founded Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. But the Biden administration was going to cancel Penn by removing his statue from a park. See my blog entry explaining that here. But then, suddenly, the cancellation has, thankfully, been cancelled. See the National Park Service announcement about that here. So Penn’s statue stays in the park. Allan […]

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Dec
1

California’s Third Most Populous City Took Down Statue of Man Who Claimed City for the United States. Were They Saying the City Shouldn’t Be Part of the United States?

Allan on December 1st, 2023

Some who support the removal of Confederate statues say the Confederates were traitors and/or losers.   But now in San Jose, California, they took down the statue of a man who fought for the United States, on the winning side.  For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published April 20th, 2023, […]

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