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Historian: Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial should be reinterpreted, not removed

Writer: Dave Harmon, PW editorDave Harmon, PW editor

On Twitter, it was a four-alarm fire: In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, a committee reporting to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called Tuesday to “remove, relocate or contextualize” the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument.


In the city of Washington. In the District of Columbia.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/09/02/removing-washington-monument-jefferson-memorial-historians/

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