List of over 100 Monuments and Memorials Defaced and or Removed by Antifa and BLM Thugs

Wikipedia has listed those monuments and memorials removed by the counter culture Antifa and Black Lives Matter Marxist organizations.

There are 82 entries in this table, as of July 16. It does not include Virginia, which is in a second table that follows.

Monument/memorial	City	State	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Statue of Charles Linn		Birmingham	Alabama	—	May 31	Toppled by protesters	Toppled by protesters who unsuccessfully attempted to remove the nearby Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument.	[8]
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument		Birmingham	Alabama	May 31	June 1	Removed by city	The mayor said the $25,000 fine for violating the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act was more affordable than the cost of continued unrest. The fine was paid by July 10.	[9] [10] [11] [12]
Bust of Robert E. Lee		Fort Myers	Florida	June 1	June 1	Removed by Sons of Confederate Veterans	Removed from downtown by its owner, the Sons of Confederate Veterans.	[13]
Statue of Robert E. Lee at Robert E. Lee High School		Montgomery	Alabama	—	June 1	Toppled by protesters	Four people were charged with felony criminal mischief over removal of this statue.	[14]
Bentonville Confederate Monument		Bentonville	Arkansas	June 1	—	Plans for removal by United Daughters of the Confederacy	Removal announced during protests	[15]
Athens Confederate Monument		Athens	Georgia	June 2	August 10	Removed by the city	The mayor and city commissioners announced plans to remove the monument.	[16] [17] [18]
Nash County Confederate Monument		Rocky Mount	North Carolina	June 2	June 30	Dismantled and placed in storage	The City Council of Rocky Mount voted to remove the monument.	[19][20]
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument		Indianapolis	Indiana	June 4	June 8	Removed by city	A resolution to remove the monument passed the Indianapolis Parks Board in 2017, but was not funded. The mayor announced it would be removed.	[21] [22] [23]
Statue of Raphael Semmes		Mobile	Alabama	June 5	June 5	Removed by city	Statue of Confederate Navy Admiral Raphael Semmes removed from downtown on orders of Mayor Sandy Stimpson. The $25,000 fine was paid by July 10.	[24] [25] [12]
Statue of Sam Davis		Nashville	Tennessee	June 5	June 12	Removed by school	Statue of Confederate soldier Sam Davis removed from the campus of Montgomery Bell Academy.	[26][27]
John B. Castleman Monument		Louisville	Kentucky	June 8	June 8	Removed by city	Statue of John Breckinridge Castleman removed to be placed at his burial at Cave Hill Cemetery.	[28]
Jacksonville Confederate Monument		Jacksonville	Florida	June 9	June 9	Removed by city	Overnight removed the monument from a Confederate monument in Hemming Park, leaving an empty pedestal.	[29]
Denton Confederate Soldier Monument		Denton	Texas	June 9	June 25	Removed by county	Denton County commissioners voted to remove and relocate the monument.	[30] [31] [32]
The Grandstand Confederate Memorial Services		Jacksonville	Florida	June 9	—	Plans for removal by city	Mayor announced removal of all Confederate monuments, memorials, and markers, including this in Old City Cemetery.	[33]
Confederate Monument		Fort Worth	Texas	June 9	June 13	Removed by Tarrant County	County commission voted to remove the monument in front of Tarrant County Courthouse.	[34] [35]
Florida’s Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy		Jacksonville	Florida	June 9	—	Plans for removal by city	Mayor announced removal of all Confederate monuments, memorials, and markers, including this one in Confederate Park.	[33]
Multiple historic markers		Jacksonville	Florida	June 10	—	Plans for removal by Mayor Lenny Curry	Announced plans to remove all Confederate monuments including these 8 items: Maple Leaf at Northbank Riverwalk, Maple Leaf at Walter Jones Historical Park, Florida Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home marker in Old City Cemetery, Line of Entrenchment at old Jacksonville Terminal, Skirmish At Cedar Creek at Lenox Avenue, 1914 United Confederate Veteran’s Reunion at Confederate Park, 23 informational signs and 58 tree signs at Camp Milton Historic Preserve, and In Memory of Our Beloved Ancestors – Ground Marker at Old City Cemetery.	[33]
Confederate Soldier Memorial		Huntsville	Alabama	June 10	—	Removal authorized by unanimous vote of Madison County Commission. State review committee said they did not have legal authority to authorize removal; referred to Alabama Attorney General. Activists have raised $25,000 to pay the fine, if removed illegally.	The memorial, constructed in 1905, is located in front of the Madison County Courthouse. The county would be fined $25,000 if it removed the memorial without state approval under a 2017 law designed to protect historical structures and monuments.	[36] [12] [37]
Gloria Victis		Salisbury	North Carolina	June 11	July 6–7	Two unanimous votes by city council, plus police chief declared it a risk to public safety	June 20, UDC signed the city’s proposal to have the sculpture moved to Old Lutheran Cemetery.	[38] [39] [40]
Spirit of the Confederacy		Houston	Texas	June 11	June 17	Removed by city	To be moved to the Houston Museum of African American Culture.	[41] [42] [43]
Statue of Richard W. Dowling		Houston	Texas	June 11	June 17	Removed by city, disassembled and placed in storage	Initial plans to relocate the statue of Dick Dowling to Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site were scuttled following objections by the mayor of Port Arthur. City uncertain over where statue will be relocated	[44] [41][45]
Gadsden Confederate Memorial		Quincy	Florida	June 11	June 11	Crane to remove it appeared 30 minutes after county commissioners’ unanimous vote.	Removed from the front of the Gadsden County Courthouse. Will be relocated within six months.	[46] [47] [48]
Confederate War Memorial		Dallas	Texas	June 12	June 24	Removed by city	To prevent protester injuries during potential vandalism attempts, the monument has been placed in storage, pending resolution of legal dispute over final disposition.	[49] [50]
DeKalb County Confederate Monument		Decatur	Georgia	June 12	June 18	Monument removal ordered by Georgia Superior Court Justice	The monument was ordered removed by Superior Court Justice Clarence Seeliger on the grounds that it constituted a public nuisance under the Georgia code.	[51] [52]
Statue of Jefferson Davis		Frankfort	Kentucky	June 12	June 13	Removed by state	The Historic Properties Advisory Commission voted to move the statue from the capitol rotunda to the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site. Removed the following day.	[53]
Stand Watie and Confederate Soldier Fountain		Tahlequah	Oklahoma	June 13	June 13	Removed by Cherokee Nation	Watie headed the Confederate-allied Cherokee. The fountain was dedicated in 1913 by the Daughters of the Confederacy rather than the Cherokee Nation.	[54]
Stand Watie Monument		Tahlequah	Oklahoma	June 13	June 13	Removed by Cherokee Nation	The monument was dedicated in 1921 by the Daughters of the Confederacy rather than the Cherokee Nation.	[54]
Pitt County Confederate Soldiers Monument		Greenville	North Carolina	June 15	June 22	Removed by county	County, which owns the statue, voted to remove immediately under “reason of threatened public safety”.	[55] [56]
Washington County, Mississippi Confederate Monument		Greenville	Mississippi	June 16			County commission voted 4–1 to move the monument from its position in front of courthouse.	[57]
Iberville Parish Confederate Monument		Plaquemine	Louisiana	June 16			Parish Council voted unanimously for removal.	[58] [59]
Zebulon Baird Vance Monument		Asheville	North Carolina	June 16	Scaffolding built, monument shrouded on July 9.	Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Council	City and County councils both unanimously passed a joint-resolution to remove monument. United Daughters of the Confederacy must remove it immediately, or the city and county will remove it.	[60] [61]
Montgomery County Confederate Soldiers Monument		White’s Ferry, Dickerson	Maryland		June 16	Removed by private owner, who also renamed Gen. Jubal A. Early ferry boat.	Until 2017, had stood in front of the Montgomery County courthouse in Rockville, Maryland.	[62]
Hey Reb!		Las Vegas	Nevada	June 16	June 16	Removed by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas	The statue is a representation of Hey Reb!, the mascot of the UNLV Rebels. It was donated to the university in 2007 and was situated outside the Richard Tam Alumni Center before its removal.	[63]
Monument to 60th Regiment NC Volunteers and Battle of Chickamauga		Asheville	North Carolina	June 17	July 14	Removed by Buncombe County Commission	Formerly located in front of the county courthouse.	[64] [65] [66]
Robert E. Lee Dixie Highway, Colonel John Connally Marker		Asheville	North Carolina	June 17	July 10	Removed jointly Buncombe County Commission and City of Asheville	Placed in storage. Base left for any future use of the site.	[64] [67]
Confederate Cow Calvary Monument		Plant City	Florida	June 18	June 11 (one week before announcement)	Removed by city council, placed in storage	Monument to 1st Florida Special Cavalry Battalion also known as the “Cow Calvary” due to them protecting farmlands during the war. Monument was placed by United Daughter’s of Confederacy in 2007 on public land without city approval. City requesting UDC to retrieve monument from storage.	[68]
Jefferson Davis Memorial Boulder		Brownsville	Texas		June 17	Removed by city	Removed from Washington Park.	[69]
Robert E. Lee Highway Marker		San Diego	California		June 18	Removed by San Diego Parks and Recreation and Stockdale Capital Partners	The marker was located in the Horton Plaza Park prior to its removal.	[70]
Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards		Little Rock	Arkansas		June 18	Removed by city	The statue will be placed in storage until a location can be found for it.	[71]
North Carolina State Confederate Monument		Raleigh	North Carolina	June 19	June 19	Two statues toppled by protesters; remainder removed by work crew	Protesters pulled down the two statues at the base of the monument, dragging one through the streets and hanging it from a street light. Removal of remainder ordered by Governor Roy Cooper shortly afterward.	[72] [73]
Albert Pike Memorial		Washington	District of Columbia		June 19	Toppled and set afire by protesters during Juneteenth	The statue was wrapped in chains before it was toppled. The D.C. government wanted to remove the work in 2017, but could not do so without an act of Congress.	[74] [75] [76] [77]
Pine Bluff Confederate Monument		Pine Bluff	Arkansas	June 20	June 20	County judge and United Daughters of the Confederacy	The statue was removed from the Jefferson County Courthouse as part of a cooperative agreement between Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The statue was transferred to an undisclosed location where it can be cleaned and repaired	[78]
Statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt		Raleigh	North Carolina	—	June 21	Removed by governor’s order	Removal ordered by Governor Roy Cooper after protesters removed statues at base of Confederate Monument.	[73]
Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy[a]		Raleigh	North Carolina	—	June 21	Removed by governor’s order	Removal ordered by Governor Roy Cooper after protesters removed statues at base of Confederate Monument.	[73]
Confederate Soldiers’ Memorial Bridge sign and statue		Clarksville	Tennessee		Week of June 15	Removed by city	The sign and monument were allegedly removed for their own protection.	[79]
Confederate soldier grave marker		Silver Spring	Maryland		June 17	Toppled by protesters	The statue was located at Grace Episcopal Church. It marked the remains of seventeen unidentified Confederate soldiers killed during the Battle of Fort Stevens.	[80]
Confederate Monument		Oxford	Mississippi	June 18	July 14	Relocated by University of Mississippi	The statue was previously located in front of the university’s main administration building. It was the site of a pro-segregation riot in 1962 and a pro-Confederate protest in 2019. The statue was previously vandalized by protestors. It will be moved to a Confederate cemetery on campus.	[81] [82]
Confederate Memorial Obelisk		St. Augustine	Florida	June 22		City commissioners voted 3–2 on June 22, 2020 to move the obelisk.		[83]
“To our Confederate dead” monument		Louisburg	North Carolina	June 22	June 29	Removed by city	Louisburg Town Council voted to move the monument to Oakwood Cemetery.	[84] [85]
Leflore County Confederate Monument		Greenwood	Mississippi	June 23			County commission voted unanimously to move monument from in front of courthouse.	[86]
Our Confederate Soldiers		Beaumont	Texas	June 23	June 29		City Council of Beaumont voted to remove it.	[87] [88]
Warrenton County Confederate Soldiers Monument		Warrenton	North Carolina	June 23	June 24	Removed by county, placed in storage	County commissioners unanimously voted to remove monument	[89]
The Granville Gray		Oxford	North Carolina	June 24	June 24	Removed by county, placed in storage	Granville County commissioners voted to remove monument after threats were made to topple monument. County announced that they would vote later on where to relocate monument	[90]
Lenoir County Confederate Monument		Kinston	North Carolina	June 25	July 1	Removed by Lenoir County Board of Commissioners	The statue was relocated from the Lenoir County visitor’s center to the First Battle of Kinston Civil War Battlefield Park. This the fifth time the statue has been moved.	[91]
Confederate Memorial		Wilmington	North Carolina	Not announced	June 25	Temporarily removed by city		[92]
George Davis Monument		Wilmington	North Carolina	Not announced	June 25	Temporarily removed by city	Davis was a Confederate senator and Attorney General.	[92]
Confederate Memorial		Minden	Louisiana	Not announced	June 26	Removed by owner, United Daughters of the Confederacy		[93]
Confederate Monument		Fayetteville	North Carolina	Not announced	June 27	Removed by owner, United Daughters of the Confederacy		[94]
Monument to Confederate Dead (Haymount area)		Fayetteville	North Carolina	Not announced	June 27	Removed by owners, Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy		[95]
Lowndes County, Alabama, Confederate Monument		Hayneville	Alabama	June 29		Removal ordered by county	The memorial is located near the Lowndes County Courthouse. The county expects to be fined under the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act.	[96]
Kanawha Riflemen memorial		Charleston	West Virginia	June 29	June 29	Removed by city	The monument consisted of a standing commemorative plaque connected to two stone benches; the benches were not removed.	[97]
Statue of Confederate soldier		Frederick	Maryland		June 29 (discovered)	Toppled and beheaded; not likely to be repaired		[98]
Rockdale County Confederate Monument		Conyers	Georgia		June 30	Removed by Rockdale County Commission		[99] [100] [101]
Confederate Monument		Orangeburg	South Carolina	June 30		Removal requires a ​2⁄3 vote of the South Carolina Legislature.	Orangeville City Council voted unanimously for removal.	[102]
Confederate Monument (Cross Creek Cemetery)		Fayetteville	North Carolina	—	June 30	Removed by owner	The oldest Confederate monument in North Carolina.	[103]
Slave whipping post		Georgetown	Delaware	June 29	July 1	Removed by state		[104]
Statue of Alfred Mouton		Lafayette	Louisiana	July 1		Lafayette mayor made public statement; asks 1980 injunction be lifted		[105]
Two statues commemorating specific events		McConnellsburg	Pennsylvania	July 2			The first statue is a historical marker commemorating a skirmish that killed two Confederate soldiers separated from their unit. The second memorial commemorates a meal given to Confederate soldiers by McConnellsburg residents after the 1864 burning of Chambersburg. Two historical markers, noting the same events, were also removed.	[106]
Mt. Zion Confederate Monument		Cornelius	North Carolina	July 2		Church Board asked for its removal		[107]
Monument to Confederate Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins		Hampden Township	Pennsylvania		July 3 (confirmed)	Removed by owner of land		[108]
Statue of Benjamin Welch Owens		Lothian	Maryland		July 3 (discovered)	Toppled by protesters	The statue was also vandalized in June.	[109]
United Confederate Veterans Memorial		Seattle	Washington	—	July 3/4	Toppled by protesters	The monument was toppled by unknown persons, apparently on July 3, 2020. In the process, the lower ends of both formerly vertical columns were broken in multiple places.	[110]
Judah P. Benjamin Monument		Sarasota	Florida	Mid-June	July 5	Removed by city manager	Removed along with a marker dedicated to Benjamin.	[111]
Cape Girardeau Confederate Memorial		Cape Girardeau	Missouri	July 6		Removal approved by city council		[112]
Bolivar County Confederate Monument		Cleveland	Mississippi	July 6		County Commissioners voted unanimously to relocate the statue		[113]
Lowndes County, Mississippi, Confederate soldier		Columbus	Mississippi	July 6		County Commissioners voted unanimously to relocate the statue.		[113]
Greensboro Confederate Statue (Green Hill Cemetery)		Greensboro	North Carolina	July 6	July 7	Toppled by protestors; moved to storage		[114] [115]
Lee Square Confederate Monument		Pensacola	Florida	July 7		The City of Pensacola is calling for its removal. Lee Square may also be renamed Florida Square.	The monument was vandalized with red paint on the night of June 29.	[116] [117]
Henry County Confederate Monument		McDonough	Georgia	July 7	July 29	Removed by county comissions	Disassembled, base still remains currently	[118][119]
Anson County Courthouse Confederate monument		Wadesboro	North Carolina	July 7	July 8	Removed by county		[120]
Marker of Jefferson Davis Highway		Hwy. 99 near Bakersfield	California	July 8	June 17 (three weeks before announcement)	Moved by county to storage area at Kern County Museum		[121]
Statue of Henry Watkins Allen		Port Allen	Louisiana	July 8		The Port Allen City Council has requested that West Baton Rouge Parish remove the statue.		[122]
Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust		Nashville	Tennessee	July 9		Tennessee Capital Commission voted to relocate bust	Bust currently located at state capital. Plan is to relocate to a museum, likely not until 2021	[123]
Bust of Charles Didier Dreux		New Orleans	Louisiana		July 10	Toppled by protesters; city has not announced plans for the statue	Bust commemorating Confederate officer Charles Didier Dreux. The nose had previously been chiseled off the statue by protesters	[124]
David O. Dodd memorial bench and historical marker		Little Rock	Arkansas	July 10	July 9 or 10	Removed by city	The two structures were previously located in MacArthur Park. They honored Dodd, a 17 year-old executed by the Union for spying for the Confederacy.	[125]
1929 Confederate Reunion Marker		Charlotte	North Carolina	—	July 10	Removed at direction of county commissioner, placed in storage	Marker commemorated a reunion with confederate veterans in 1929. Marker has previously been vandalized in recent years and had glass enclosure placed around it to protect it. Glass case left empty.	[126]
Sampson County Confederate Monument		Clinton	North Carolina	Not announced	July 11	Damaged by protesters after the city council passed a resolution asking the county to remove it		[127]
Pasquotank County Confederate Monument		Elizabeth City	North Carolina	July 13		Removal ordered by county		[128]
Leonard Park Confederate Monument		Gainesville	Texas	July 14		Unanimous vote of city council	Plan to relocate monument to Grayson County Frontier Village historical site in Denison, Texas.	[129] [130]
Madison County Confederate Monument		Madison	Florida	July 14		Blacks on the County Commission voted for removal, whites to leave it.		[131]
Confederate soldier memorial		Macon	Georgia	July 14		The City is moving it, but how to pay for the substantial cost is unresolved. It will be relocated to Whittle Park.	On the site of a former slave market. In a second phase of statue removal, the County’s Women of the South memorial may be moved.	[132]
Caddo Parish Confederate Monument		Shreveport	Louisiana	July 20		Parish commission and UDC agreed to move monument to different location, pending agreement on new location	Parish to build wooden box around monument to protect and cover structure before its relocation	[133]
Memorial to Arizona Confederate troops		Phoenix	Arizona	July 22	July 23	Removed by UDC overnight	UDC requested to take back monument from public property and find new location on private property	[134]
Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway marker		Gold Canyon	Arizona	July 22	July 23	Removed by UDC overnight	UDC requested to take back monument from public property and find new location on private property	[134]
Caldwell County Confederate Monument		Lockhart	Texas	July 28		County commission approved removal	Plans to relocate statue to Caldwell County Museum	[135]
Gaston County Confederate Monument		Gastonia	North Carolina	August 4		County commission voted to relocate statue	Monument currently in front of courthouse. SCV has 6 months to submit a proposal for the monument’s new location	[136]
Daviess County Confederate Monument		Owensboro	Kentucky	August 6		County Fiscal Court voted to relocate monument	Fiscal Court set up a relocation committee to plan for the removal and find a new location. Monument currently in front of the courthouse.	[137]

Virginia[edit]

Virginia, where the CSA had its capital in Richmond, has the most Confederate monuments of any U.S. state. A March 2020 change in the law of Virginia had already essentially repealed the statute preventing removal of historical monuments, effective from July 1, 2020. This change became possible when voters, after electing the Democrat Ralph Northam as Governor in 2017, gave the Democrats control of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly from January 2020, for the first time in a generation.^[138]

Monument/memorial		City	State	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Appomattox		Alexandria	Virginia	—	May 31	Removed by United Daughters of the Confederacy	The owner, United Daughters of the Confederacy, moved the date up because of the protests.	[139]
Norfolk Confederate Monument		Norfolk	Virginia	June 2	June 16	Removed by city	City Council approved removal; located at a former slave auction site. Johnny Reb statue atop the monument removed June 12; rest of monument removed by June 16.	[140] [141] [142]
Robert E. Lee Monument		Richmond	Virginia	June 3	—	Plans for removal by state	Governor announced removal “as soon as possible”; monument on state land.	[143] [144]
J. E. B. Stuart Monument		Richmond	Virginia	June 3	July 7	Removed by City of Richmond[145]	Planned removal of the four Confederate monuments on city land.[146] After the J. E. B. Stuart statue was removed, the Robert E. Lee statue became the last remaining Confederate monument located on Richmond’s Monument Avenue.[147]
Stonewall Jackson Monument		Richmond	Virginia	June 3	July 1	Removed by City of Richmond	Planned removal of the four Confederate monuments on city land.	[146][148]
Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument		Richmond	Virginia	June 3	July 2	Removed by City of Richmond	One of the four Confederate monuments on city land.	[146]
Slave Auction Block		Fredericksburg	Virginia	2019	June 5	Removed by city	A slave auction block was removed from the downtown and will be displayed in the Fredericksburg Area Museum.	[149]
Robert E. Lee Memorial		Roanoke	Virginia	June 5	July 23	Toppled and damaged by protester, city removed monument afterwards	City Council had voted earlier to start the legal process to remove the monument and rename Lee Plaza. City will keep monument in storage until fate of statue is determined	[150][151]
Statue of Williams Carter Wickham		Richmond	Virginia	—	June 6	Toppled by protesters	Pulled from its base and tumbled to the ground.	[152]
Jefferson Davis Memorial		Richmond	Virginia	June 3	June 10	Statue of Davis toppled by protesters; the rest of the memorial was not damaged	Planned removal of the four Confederate monuments on city land. Protesters toppled the statue from its plinth on June 10.	[146] [153]
Confederate Monument		Portsmouth	Virginia	June 9	June 10	Four statues decapitated and one pulled down by protesters	City campaign to remove it already underway.	[154] [155]
Plaques and stained-glass windows at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church		Richmond	Virginia	June 14		Removal approved by vestry of seven plaques ‘associated with the Lost Cause era and ideology’ and rededicate the stained-glass windows installed as memorials to Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and their families	This is the church Lee and Davis attended in Richmond; Jefferson Davis was a member. The windows and plaques contain no battle flags or Confederate imagery.	[156]
Howitzer Monument		Richmond	Virginia	June 16	June 16	Toppled by protesters	Pulled off its pedestal by a rope. Was located near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus.	[157]
Judah Benjamin marker		Charlotte	North Carolina		June 24	Removed by city	The marker consisted of black granite and located near a sidewalk. It was paid for by a local synagogue in the late 1940s. A local branch of the Daughters of the Confederacy initially proposed placing the marker, but they ceased support after being told not to work with Jews by a New York banker.	[158]
Loudoun County Confederate monument		Leesburg	Virginia	June 26	July 21	Removed overnight by UDC	County had voted to remove monument	[159][160]
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument		Richmond	Virginia	July 1	July 8	Removed by city	The sixth city-owned Confederate monument ordered removed by Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on July 1.	[161]
Fitzhugh Lee cross		Richmond	Virginia		July 9	Removed by city	Fitzhugh served as a Major General in the Confederate Army and later as the governor of Virginia.	[162]
Statue of Joseph Bryan		Richmond	Virginia		July 9	Removed by city	Bryan owned the Richmond Times-Dispatch and served in Mosby’s Rangers during the Civil War.	[162]
Farmville Confederate statue		Farmville	Virginia	June 15	June 18	Removal ordered by town council	A pedestal supporting the soldier statue was not removed. The statue was placed in offsite storage pending final disposition or relocation.	[163]
Bust of Hunter Holmes McGuire		Richmond	Virginia	July 16			Committee at Virginia Commonwealth University recommended removing bust from library along with removing several plagues and renaming several buildings around campus	[164]
Virginia Beach Confederate monument		Virginia Beach	Virginia	July 23	July 25	Removed by city council	Placed in storage, city will solicit proposals from museums for relocations	[165]
Statue of Robert E. Lee Busts of Fitzhugh Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens Plaque for Thomas Bocock		Richmond	Virginia	July 24	July 24	Removed by order of House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn	One statue, six busts, and one plaque commemorating Confederate leaders were removed from the Virginia State Capitol‘s Old House Chamber, where rebel leaders met when Richmond was the capitol of the Confederacy. Filler-Corn announced the creation of an advisory group to propose new memorials for the House.	[166]
Two Confederate cannons		Richmond	Virginia		July 2	Removed by city	One of the cannons was located near the Arthur Ashe memorial; its plaque claimed that the cannon marked the second line of the Confederate defense of Richmond. The second cannon was located near the Jefferson Davis memorial.	[167]
		Newport News	Virginia	August 12		City Council voted 6-1 to remove	The monument for the Confederate veterans of Company H, 32nd Virginia Infantry has been covered since June 11	[168]

Genocide of indigenous peoples[edit]

Monuments dedicated to individuals accused of involvement in the genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas have been removed.^[169][170]

Juan de Oñate, when governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, was responsible for the 1599 Acoma Massacre. Junípero Serra, a Franciscan friar, who was involved in enslaving Chumash people in the 18th century for the building and supplying of the Spanish missions in California.^{[171][172][173]} Diego de Vargas, also governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, led the reconquest of the territory in 1692, after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

A handful of towns in Spain have offered to receive statues of Spaniards unwanted in the U.S.^[174]

Monument/memorial		City	State	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Equestrian statue of Juan de Oñate		Alcalde	New Mexico	June 15	June 15	Temporarily removed by Río Arriba County authorities	The right foot of the statue was cut off and stolen in 1997, in reference to Oñate’s Acoma Massacre, in which the right foot of every male over 25 was cut off.	[175] [176]
Statue of Juan de Oñate		Albuquerque	New Mexico	—	June 16	Removed by city pending a decision on next steps	Statue in front of the Albuquerque Museum removed after an armed counter-protestor shot a protester.	[177] [178]
Statue of Diego de Vargas		Santa Fe	New Mexico	June 17	June 18	Removal ordered by the mayor	Vargas is remembered for reconquering Santa Fe de Nuevo México after the Pueblo Revolt. The statue was removed from Cathedral Park under the direction of Mayor Alan Webber.	[179]
Kit Carson Obelisk		Santa Fe	New Mexico	June 18		Removal ordered by the mayor	In front of federal courthouse	[180]
Father Serra statue		Ventura	California	July 15	July 26	Removal voted 6–0 by Ventura City Council (includes wooden replica by local carvers). Previously agreed to by the Mayor and representatives of the Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians and Mission San Buenaventura.	1936 commission in front of Ventura County Courthouse by the Works Progress Administration as part of the Federal Art Project	[181] [182] [183]
Statue of Junípero Serra		San Francisco	California	June 19	June 19	Toppled by protesters	Was installed in Golden Gate Park	[184]
Statue of Junípero Serra		Los Angeles	California	June 20	June 20	Toppled by protesters	Was displayed on Olvera Street, the center of Los Angeles when it was Mexican.	[185]
Statue of Junípero Serra		San Luis Obispo	California	June 22	June 22	Removed by Catholic Church	Was displayed on grounds of the San Luis Obispo Mission	[186][187]
Statue of Junípero Serra		Carmel	California		June 23	Removed by city as a safeguarding measure	There are several statues of Serra in Carmel. This is the one by Jo Mora, at intersection of Serra Avenue with Camino Del Monte.	[188]
Statue of Kit Carson, Pioneer Fountain		Denver	Colorado	June 26	June 26	Removed by city	The Carson statue was the third statue removed in Denver within two days; it was removed so as to prevent it from being toppled by protesters.	[189]
Statue of Junípero Serra		San Gabriel	California	Not announced	About June 30	Moved from the front of the mission to its garden, described as “away from public view”		[190]
Statue of Junípero Serra		Sacramento	California		July 4	Toppled by protesters		[191]
Statue of John Mason		Windsor	Connecticut	July 6		City must get approval from state, which owns the statue, in order to move it to the Windsor Historical Society	Mason is remembered for his role in the Pequot Massacre.	[192]
Statue of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov		Sitka	Alaska	July 14		Sitka Assembly voted 6–1 to move the statue from the front of Harrigan Centennial Hall into the Sitka Historical Museum	Baranov was a Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company involved in the Russian colonization of Alaska, including founding Sitka (as New Archangel) and Kodiak (as Pavlovskaya Gavan). He is said to have been involved in the genocide of the native Tlingit and Aleut people.	[193] [194]

Christopher Columbus[edit]

Several statues of Christopher Columbus, the initiator of the European colonization of the Americas, have been removed because of his enslavement of and systemic violence against the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, including the genocide of the Taíno people.

Monument/memorial		City	State	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Statue Ferruccio Legnaioli, 1926		Richmond	Virginia	June 9	June 9	Toppled by protesters	The statue was toppled, lit on fire, and dumped in a nearby lake by protesters who stated they were acting in solidarity with Native Americans.	[195] [196] [197]
Statue Carlo Brioschi, 1931		Saint Paul	Minnesota	June 10	June 10	Toppled by protesters	The statue, located next to the Minnesota Capitol Building, was toppled by members of the American Indian Movement.	[198] [199]
Statue Andrew J. Mazzola, 1979		Boston	Massachusetts	—	June 11	Decapitated by protesters, removed by city	The statue was removed following vandalism and a review	[200] [201]
Statue 1915		Camden	New Jersey	June 11	June 11	Removed by city	Removal ordered by mayor Frank Moran after many years of vandalism.	[202] [203]
Statue		Houston	Texas	June 11	June 19	Removed by city	The statue was removed from Bell Park a week after being vandalized with red paint and having a hand cut off.	[204]
Statue		New London	Connecticut	June 11	—	Mayor ordered removal	The statue will be removed pending a review	[205]
Statue		Wilmington	Delaware	June 12	June 12	Removed by city	Removal ordered by mayor Mike Purzycki to be stored while the display of the statue is discussed.	[206]
Statue		Columbia	South Carolina	June 12	June 12	Removed by city	Removal and storage ordered by mayor Steve Benjamin and City Council.	[207]
Statue		Chula Vista	California	—	June 12	City put statue in storage ahead of a protest	Fate of statue will be decided by public forum	[208]
Statue		Middletown	Connecticut	—	June 13	City of Middletown removed statue	Statue was already slated to be stored due to maintenance work at the park	[209]
Christopher Columbus Monument		West Orange	New Jersey	June 13	—	Removal ordered by West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi	The monument was installed in 1992. Removal ordered by West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi. No final removal date has been announced yet.	[210]
Bust		Detroit	Michigan	June 15	June 15	Removed by city	Removal and storage ordered by mayor Mike Duggan.	[211]
Statue		Hartford	Connecticut	June 15	June 29		Mayor Luke Bronin announced that the statue near the state Capitol would be removed.	[212] [213]
Statue		New Haven	Connecticut	June 15	June 24	Removed by city		[212] [214]
Statue		Columbus	Ohio	June 16	June 19	Removal ordered by college	Removal announced by Columbus State Community College’s president of the board of trustees, to be stored while the future of the statue is discussed.	[215] [216]
Statue		St. Louis	Missouri	June 16	June 16	Removed by city	Removal ordered by St Louis Park Board	[217]
Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella		Sacramento	California	June 16	July 7[218]	Removal ordered by California State Legislature	The statue, placed in 1883, depicted Columbus persuading Queen Isabella to fund his 1492 voyage. Ordered removal took place on July 7, 2020.[219]	[220] [221]
Statue		San Francisco	California	June 18	June 18	Removed by the San Francisco Arts Commission	The statue, located next to Coit Tower, was removed by the City ahead of a planned Juneteenth protest to throw it into the San Francisco Bay.	[222]
Statue		Columbus	Ohio	June 18	July 1	Removal ordered by city	Removal announced by the City of Columbus	[223] [224]
Statue		Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	June 24		Removal announced by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. Shrouded.	Needs approval of Philadelphia Art Commission, meeting July 22.	[225]
Statue		Norwalk	Connecticut	June 25	June 25	Removed by city		[226]
Statue		Providence	Rhode Island	June 25		To be moved to storage area by city.		[227]
Statue		Newark	New Jersey	June 25	June 25	Removed by city	The statue was removed from Washington Park due to the risk of people injuring themselves trying to topple it. The statue will be kept in storage until a final determination is reached regarding the statue’s fate.	[228]
Statue		Denver	Colorado	June 26	June 26	Removed by protesters	The statue was originally placed in front of the Denver Civic Center in the 1970s.	[229]
Statue		Atlantic City	New Jersey	June 28			Being removed “to avert potential vandalism”	[230]
Statue		San Antonio	Texas	June 30	July 1	Removed by city		[231] [232]
Statue		Waterbury	Connecticut		July 4 (reported)	Decapitated	Located outside Waterbury City Hall	[233]
Statue		Baltimore	Maryland		July 4	Toppled by protesters	After the statue was toppled from its base, it was dumped into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.	[234]
Statue		Bridgeport	Connecticut	Not announced	July 6	Removed by city	Placed in storage following removal.[235]	[236]
Statue		Columbus	Wisconsin	July 6		City Council voted to put it in storage until another home is found		[237]
Statue		Trenton	New Jersey	July 7	July 8	Removed by city		[238]
Relief on the Italian Heritage Monument		Norwich	Connecticut	June 24	Planned for September	Removal ordered by Norwich Italian Heritage & Cultural Community	The portrayal of Columbus was ordered to be removed in order to protect the monument from vandalism. The relief will be replaced with a statement honoring Italian immigrants to Norwich.	[239]
Statue		Buffalo	New York	July 10	July 10	Removed by city	Columbus Park, where the statue was located, will be renamed as well.	[240]
Statue Statue		Chicago	Illinois	July 24	July 24	Removed by city	Statues in Grant Park and Little Italy‘s Arrigo Park ordered removed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot amid continued protests and the deployment of federal forces to Chicago over Lightfoot’s objections.	[241] [242]
Statue		Chicago	Illinois	July 31	July 30	Removed by city	A 7-foot tall statue of Columbus, part of the Drake Fountain, was removed on the orders of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. It was the last known monument to Columbus in the city.	[243]

Others[edit]

Monument/memorial		City	State	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Statue of Edward W. Carmack		Nashville	Tennessee	—	May 30	Toppled by protesters	Senator Carmack was an opponent of Ida B. Wells and encouraged retaliation for her support of the civil rights movement.	[244]
Statue of Frank Rizzo		Philadelphia	Pennsylvania		June 3	Removed by city. Mural of Rizzo painted over (see below, under Other works of art).	At about 2 am, the statue of Philadelphia police chief and mayor Frank Rizzo was removed.	[245] [246] [247]
Statue of Jesus Christ	–	Miami	Florida		July 15 (discovered)	Decapitated and knocked off a pedestal.	At Good Shepherd Catholic Church.	[248]
One Riot, One Ranger		Dallas	Texas	June 4	June 4	Removed by city	Statue model helped prevent black students from enrolling in public schools.	[249] [250] [251]
Statue of Orville L. Hubbard		Dearborn	Michigan	—	June 5		Hubbard, the mayor of Dearborn for 35 years, was an outspoken segregationist.	[252]
Statue of Jerry Richardson		Charlotte	North Carolina	June 10	June 10	Removed by Carolina Panthers	Richardson was alleged to be racist and sexist. The statue was removed from the Bank of America Stadium for fear it would be destroyed by protesters.	[253]
Bust of Avery Brundage		San Francisco	California			Removed by museum	Brundage was a founding patron of the Asian Art Museum, Alleged white supremacist and anti-semite as well as 5th IOC president who expelled Tommie Smith and John Carlos from the 1968 Summer Olympics for raising black-gloved fists while on the podium. Bust moved from prominent position in foyer of museum to storage.	[254] [255] [256]
Richmond Police Memorial		Richmond	Virginia	June 11	June 11	Removed by city after being vandalized by protesters	Dedicated to Richmond police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Removed from Byrd Park after repeated vandalization. The mayor’s office stated the statue would be restored and reinstalled.	[257]
Statue of Philip Schuyler		Albany	New York	June 11	—	Plans for removal by city	Removal ordered by mayor Kathy Sheehan due to the fact that Schuyler owned slaves.	[258]
Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial		Dover	Delaware	—	June 12	Vandalized by protesters, removed by city for restoration	Statue partially decapitated. The adjacent memorial wall was unaffected.	[259]
Equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney		Wilmington	Delaware	June 12	June 12	Removed by city	Rodney was a slave owner. Removal ordered by mayor Mike Purzycki to be stored while the display of the statue is discussed.	[206]
Bust of John McDonogh		New Orleans	Louisiana	—	June 13	Removed by protesters	Protesters removed the bust from Duncan Plaza and rolled it into the Mississippi River.	[260]
The Pioneer		Eugene	Oregon	—	June 13	Toppled and dragged by protesters	The University of Oregon placed its two Pioneer statues in storage on June 14[261]	[262]
The Pioneer Mother		Eugene	Oregon	—	June 13	Toppled by protesters	The University of Oregon placed its two Pioneer statues in storage on June 14[261]	[262]
Statue of Thomas Jefferson at Jefferson High School		Portland	Oregon	—	June 14	Toppled after Black Lives Matter protest, allegedly by people unassociated with protest	1916 bronze replica of 1911 statue by Karl Bitter	[263]
Statue of Josephus Daniels		Raleigh	North Carolina	June 16	June 16	Removed by Daniels’s descendants	The statue was located near The News & Observer building, which is scheduled to be demolished. Daniels’ family claims to have acted on their own accord rather than on pressure from activists, and will keep the statue in storage until a decision is made on its ultimate fate.	[264]
Statue of John Sutter		Sacramento	California	June 16	June 16	Removed by Sutter Health	The statue was located in front of Sutter General Hospital. Sutter was a California Gold Rush pioneer who enslaved Native Americans.	[265]
Captain William Clark Monument	See image	Portland	Oregon		June 17 & 18	Removed by the University of Portland	The university removed the monument “as a precaution”.	[266]
Statue of George Washington		Portland	Oregon	—	June 18	Toppled by protesters		[267]
Statue of Francis Scott Key		San Francisco	California	—	June 18	Toppled by protesters	Part of a group of statues toppled in Golden Gate Park.	[184]
Bust of Ulysses S. Grant		San Francisco	California	—	June 18	Toppled by protesters	Part of a group of statues toppled in Golden Gate Park.	[184]
Statue of Calvin Griffith		Minneapolis	Minnesota	—		Removed by Minnesota Twins	Griffith was the former owner of the Minnesota Twins; the statue was removed due to racist statements made by Griffith in 1978 suggesting he moved the team to Minnesota due to the low number of African-American residents.	[268]
Monument to George Preston Marshall		Washington	District of Columbia	—	June 19	Removed by Events DC	Removed from Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Washington Redskins‘ front office was not consulted.	[269] [270] [271] [272]
Statue of Thomas Jefferson		Decatur	Georgia	June 19	June 19	Removed by city	The statue was previously located in front of the old city courthouse. A city official claimed the statue was removed to protect it from damage.	[273]
Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt		New York City	New York	June 20			Theodore Roosevelt on horseback accompanied by walking figures of two men, one a Native American and one African; in front of the American Museum of Natural History	[274] [275]
Forward		Madison	Wisconsin	—	June 23	Removed by protesters	“Forward” is the motto of the state of Wisconsin. A 1998 bronze replica of a commissioned 1893 work of the Wisconsin female artist Jean Pond Miner.	[276]
John C. Calhoun Monument		Charleston	South Carolina	June 22	June 23	Removed by city	Calhoun was a leading advocate of slavery. The statue may be placed back on display at “an appropriate site” such as a museum.	[277]
Statue of Thomas Jefferson		Hempstead	New York		June 23	Moved by university	Statue at Hofstra University moved from student center main entrance to university museum.	[278]
Statue of Hans Christian Heg		Madison	Wisconsin	—	June 23	Removed by protesters	Heg was a Union Army colonel in the Civil War, and an abolitionist. His statue was decapitated and thrown into a lake by protesters. Two protesters interviewed by the media alleged that toppling the statue was to draw attention to their view of Wisconsin as being racially unjust.	[279] [3] [280]
Civil War Monument		Denver	Colorado	June 25	June 25	Toppled by protesters	The monument honors Colorado citizens who served in the Union Army. It listed battles against Native Americans in addition to battles against the Confederacy. Most controversially, it listed the Sand Creek massacre (a mass killing of Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans) as a battle.	[281]
Obelisk in Santa Fe Plaza, commemorating Union soldiers		Santa Fe	New Mexico	June 25		Ordered removed by mayor	Note word “savages” effaced from inscription	[180]
Emancipation Memorial (replica)		Boston	Massachusetts	June 30			Boston Art Commission, with “full support” of mayor, voted for removal.	[282]
Elk		Portland	Oregon		July 1	Statue removed by city after fires set by protesters seriously damaged its base. Base has been mostly dismantled.		[283] [284] [285]
Statue of George Whitefield		Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	July 2			Whitefield was a supporter of slavery.	[286]
Statue of Frederick Douglass		Rochester	New York	—	July 5	Torn down by unknown perpetrators.	Maplewood Park is a site along the Underground Railroad where Douglass and Harriet Tubman helped shuttle slaves to freedom. Removal occurred on the anniversary of Douglass’s famous 1852 “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” speech in Rochester.	[287] [288] [289]
Statue of Andrew Jackson		Jackson	Mississippi	July 7		City Council voted to remove statue in front of City Hall.		[290]
Statue of Thomas Ruffin		Raleigh	North Carolina	Not announced	July 13	Was in front of North Carolina Court of Appeals. Removed by Court.	Ruffin, a Chief Justice, was a slaveowner and author of pro-slavery rulings.	[291]
Statue of Hiawatha		LaCrosse	Wisconsin	July 13		Mayor has asked for its removal following request of sculptor’s family.		[292]
Bust of Roger B. Taney		Washington, D.C.		July 22		Voted by the House of Representatives	The bust of Chief Justice Taney, who wrote the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford that African-Americans could not be citizens, outside the Old Supreme Court Chamber will be replaced with a bust of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court Justice.	[293]
Statue of the Virgin Mary		Chattanooga	Tennessee		July 15 (discovered)	Statue was torn down and decapitated; head stolen.	The motive for the destruction is unknown. Local police stated that the toppling is a possible hate crime.	[294]
Monument to 77th New York Volunteer Infantry (Union Army unit)		Saratoga Springs	New York		July 16 (discovered)	Statue was torn off pedestal and destroyed.	The motive and perpetrator behind the destruction are both unknown. The statue was located in a park where many other monuments have been historically vandalized.	[295] [296]

United Kingdom[edit]

Atlantic slave trade[edit]

The British Royal African Company, which engaged in African slave trading between 1662 and 1731,^[297] enslaved and shipped more Africans to the Americas than any other institution in the history of the Atlantic slave trade.^[298] Many wealthy British people were involved with this and other slaving companies.

Monument/memorial		Location	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Statue of Edward Colston		Bristol	—	June 7	Toppled by protesters	The statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader, was toppled and thrown into the Bristol Harbour by protesters. The statue was fished out, but the city council did not replace it, waiting for a democratic decision from the people of Bristol to know what to do with it. Briefly replaced by Marc Quinn‘s A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, on 15th July, a statue depicting the protester Jen Reid who had been photographed with her fist raised on the plinth. Then this sculpture was also removed, by the city council the next day.	[299] [300]
Statue of Robert Milligan		London	June 9	June 9	Removed by local authorities	Statue of Robert Milligan, a Scottish merchant and slave trader, outside the Museum of London Docklands. It was removed following a request from the Canal & River Trust.	[301]
Statue of Sir John Cass		London	June 11	June 11	Removed by owner	Statue of Sir John Cass at the University of East London Stratford Campus.	[302] [303]
Statue of Sir Robert Clayton		London	June 11	—	Plans for removal by owner	Statue of Sir Robert Clayton at St Thomas’ Hospital. On June 11 the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, and King’s College London issued a joint statement announcing that the statues of Clayton and Thomas Guy would be removed from public view.	[304]
Statue of Thomas Guy		London	June 11	—	Plans for removal by owner	Statue of Thomas Guy at Guy’s Hospital. On June 11 the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, and King’s College London issued a joint statement announcing that the statues of Guy and Sir Robert Clayton would be removed from public view.	[304]
Statue of Sir John Cass		London	June 12	—	Plans for removal by owner	Statue of Sir John Cass on the façade of 31 Jewry Street in the City of London, the headquarters of Sir John Cass’s Foundation. This statue is a fiberglass replica of the original.	[302] [305]
Statue and bust of Sir John Cass		London	June 16		Removed by owner	Statue and bust of Sir John Cass at Sir John Cass Redcoat School, Stepney. The school’s governing body voted unanimously on June 16 for the immediate removal of the sculptures.	[306]
Bust of Sir John Cass		London	June 18	June 18	Removed by church	Bust of Sir John Cass in St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate.	[307] [308]

Others[edit]

Monument/memorial		Location	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Part of Green Man inn sign 18th century		Ashbourne, Derbyshire	c. June 7	June 8	Removed by local residents	Wooden sculpture of a caricatured “black’s head”. After a Facebook petition calling for its removal attracted close to 30,000 signatures, the district council announced that on June 9 it would be removing the sculpture. Before this could happen, it was removed by two local residents on the night of June 8.	[309] [310]
Dunham Massey sundial Attr. to Andries Carpentière, c. 1735		Trafford, Greater Manchester	June 11	June 11	Removed by the National Trust	Statue of an exoticized black man (described as “degrading”), in a kneeling position and carrying a sundial, formerly installed in the forecourt of Dunham Massey Hall.	[311] [312] [313]
Statue of Cecil Rhodes Henry Alfred Pegram, 1911		Oxford	June 17	—	Owner’s wish for removal stated to independent commission	Statue of Cecil Rhodes on the façade of the Rhodes Building, Oriel College; a target of the Rhodes Must Fall movement since 2015. On June 17 the college announced that its governing body had voted to launch an independent inquiry into the issues surrounding the sculpture. It stated that the body had “expressed their wish to remove the statue” to the commission.	[314] [315]
Bust of Cecil Rhodes Onslow Whiting, 1906		Oxford	June 17	—	Owner’s wish for removal stated to independent commission	Plaque at 6 King Edward Street commemorating Rhodes’s residence there in 1881. In Oriel College’s statement of June 17 the governing body “expressed their wish to remove […] the King Edward Street Plaque” in addition to Rhodes’s statue.	[315] [316]
Pet gravestone at Coombe Abbey Park 1902		Rugby, Warwickshire	—	Before July 2	Removed by Coventry City Council	In July 2019 a visitor to the park reported the name “Nigger” inscribed on the gravestone of a pet dog, but no action was taken at the time. After its absence was noticed following the George Floyd protests, the council (which operates the park) confirmed that it had removed the gravestone.	[317]
Headstone for the dog Nigger 1943		RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire	—	July 16	Removed by the Royal Air Force	The headstone for the grave of Guy Gibson‘s dog was replaced, removing any mention of the dog’s name.	[318] [319]
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 Marc Quinn and Jen Reid, 2020		Bristol	July 16	July 16	Removed by Bristol City Council because the sculpture had been placed without permission on the plinth of the statue of Edward Colston.	Black resin sculpture by Marc Quinn and Jen Reid. It depicts Reid, a young black woman protester, raising her arm in a Black Power salute, reproducing a photo of her on the plinth, taken just after the removal of the previous statue by protesters.	[300]

Belgium[edit]

King Leopold II of Belgium personally ruled the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908, treating it as his personal property. During this period, many well-documented atrocities were perpetrated against the population, including the severing of hands of workers unable to meet a production quota for rubber, and the destruction of entire villages that were unwilling to participate in the forced labour regime. These acts contributed to a significant population decline during this period, often estimated at between five million and ten million.

Monument/memorial		Location	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Statue of Leopold II		Ekeren, Antwerp	June 9	June 9	Removed by municipality	Removed after it had been vandalized and set on fire.	[320] [321]
Bust of Leopold II		Mons	—		Removed by university authorities	Removed from Faculty of Economics and Management at University of Mons following online petition for removal. Permanently placed in storage.	[322] [323]
Bust of Leopold II		Leuven	—		Removed by university authorities	Removed from University Library at KU Leuven. Placed in storage.[b]	[324] [325]
Bust of Leopold II		Ghent	—	June 30	Removed by crane following a short ceremony	Removed from Zuidpark [nl] on the 60th anniversary of Congo’s independence, and moved to a warehouse in STAM.	[326] [327] [328]

New Zealand[edit]

Royal Navy officer John Fane Charles Hamilton, after whom the city of Hamilton is named, played a prominent part in the Tauranga campaign of the New Zealand Wars.

Monument/memorial		Location	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Statue of John Fane Charles Hamilton Margriet Windhausen, 2013		Hamilton	June 12	June 12	Removed by city	City Council announced removal after request by Maori tribal confederation Waikato Tainui	[329] [330] [331]

India[edit]

Monument/memorial		Location	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Equestrian statue of Mark Cubbon Carlo Marochetti, 1866		Bangalore		June 28		A controversial statue of Sir Mark Cubbon, an English colonial administrator, was moved from front of the High Court of Karnataka building to Sri Chamarajendra Park. See Mark Cubbon#Death and legacy.	[332] [333] [334]

Slovenia[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Monument/memorial		Location	Removal announced	Removed	Means of removal	Description	Ref
Statue of Martinus Theunis Steyn Anton van Wouw, 1929		Bloemfontein	Not announced	June 27		The statue, which “dominated” the main campus of the University of the Free State, was moved to the Anglo-Boer War Museum.	[337] [338]
Bust of Cecil Rhodes, at the Rhodes Memorial John Macallan Swan, 1912		Cape Town	Not announced	July 13 (discovered)	Removed after being decapitated by protestors.	Had been repaired after nose was cut off in 2015.	[339] [340] [341] [342]

Removals under consideration[edit]

Some officials have announced their decisions to remove monuments under their jurisdiction, and are currently working to push through whatever legislative or permission barriers they need to accomplish their goals.

• Alaska: Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz announced on June 24, 2020 that he will leave the decision about removal of the statue of James Cook in downtown Anchorage up to the Native Village of Eklutna and other area Denaʼina tribes.^[343]
• Florida: Protesters at Florida State University, Tallahassee, call for removal of the Eppes Statue, at the original entrance to the campus; he was a slaveowner who was influential in the founding of Florida State. The building of the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is also named for him.^[344] Protestors are also calling for renaming of Doak Campbell Stadium (see under List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests#United States).
• Louisiana: East Feliciana Parish Police Jury announced June 15, 2020 that they will revisit in two weeks the issue of a possible removal of a Confederate statue that sits outside their courthouse.^[345]
• Louisiana: City of Alexandria voted to have Confederate Monument in front of Rapides Parish Courthouse. However, there is an ongoing court case to determine who owns the statue: the City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, or the UDC.^[346]
• Kentucky: Murray City Council passed a unanimous vote to remove the Confederate Monument of Robert E. Lee from in front of their courthouse. The County Attorney isn’t sure if the county has authority to move the statue, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, and so is conducting further research. Public feedback is expected.^[347][348]
• Mississippi: Forrest County Supervisors passed a measure on June 15, 2020. In November, voters will decide about the removal of a Confederate monument in front of their courthouse.^[349]
• Ohio: Cincinnati city council member is making a motion to remove an equestrian statue of President William Henry Harrison from Piatt Park. June 14, 2020^[350]
• Texas: Weatherford: The United Daughters of the Confederacy asked for the removal of the United Confederate Veterans of Parker County monument in front of the Parker County Courthouse.^[351]
• Virginia: Virginia Beach City Council announced on June 12, 2020 that they covered and fenced the Confederate monument sitting at the Old Princess Anne County Courthouse until after July 1, 2020 when the city will have the authority to make decisions about the monument. A public hearing will be scheduled in July 2020.^[352]
• Washington, D.C.: In July the House voted to remove 11 Confederate statues and statues of three others – Charles Aycock, John C. Calhoun, and James Paul Clarke – from the United States Capitol.^[353] The statues are part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, a set of 100, with two supplied by each state. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said replacement decisions should be up to the individual states and the bill would need to pass the GOP-controlled Senate.^[354]

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