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New York City to remove Thomas Jefferson statue from legislative chamber by year's end
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By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN A vote by a little-known New York City committee on Monday signals the end to a two-decade effort to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from the chambers of the New York City Council.
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NEW YORK (AP) — An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from New York's City Council chamber by the end of the year, a little-known city commission voted
The New York City Public Design Commission voted to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States, from the New York City Council's chambers at City Hall.
By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN A vote by a little-known New York City committee on Monday signals the end to a two-decade effort to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from the chambers of the New York City Council.
The real reason why the Left hates Thomas Jefferson is for all the things for which he should rightly be celebrated: because he fought against tyranny.
Former President Trump criticized the removal of a Thomas Jefferson statue from New York City Hall on Tuesday, contending that Jefferson was being “evicted” from the council chamber.
President Thomas Jefferson's statue, a presence for more than a century in the New York City Council chamber, is coming down following a public commission reassessment of the legacy of
A nearly 200-year-old statue of Thomas Jefferson that’s been a lightning rod for controversy for over two decades will be removed from the the City Council chambers by the end of the year, a design commission ruled Monday.
A statue of Thomas Jefferson that has watched over the New York City Council in its chambers for more than a century will be removed after city leaders voted unanimously
New York (AFP) - New York City lawmakers have voted to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson, one of the United States' founding fathers, from the council
An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from New York's City Council chamber by the end of the year. But the Public Design Commission that held a public hearing on the statue on Monday did not decide where it will go.
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