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Equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt

New York, Italy

Equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt

Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt is a 1939 bronze sculpture by James Earle Fraser. It was located on public park land at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The equestrian statue depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback. Walking on either side of him are two men, on one si

de a Native American and on the other, a sub-Saharan African. The statue has provoked increasing criticism for its hierarchical implications, and there were calls to remove it beginning in 2017. On June 21, 2020, the museum announced that it was asking city officials to remove the statue. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio supported the removal, as did Roosevelt's great-grandson, Theodore Roosevelt IV, and great-great-grandson Kermit Roosevelt III. The New York City Public Design Commission voted unanimously on June 21, 2021, to relocate the statue. The statue was removed on January 20, 2022. It was decided that the statue would be relocated to he Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, though it was not specified how the statue would be displayed, with no plans immediately made to display the statute for public viewing.

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