Boston Art Commission votes unanimously to remove Emancipation Memorial of President Abraham Lincoln with freed slave
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Members of the Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to remove Boston’s copy of Thomas Ball's “Emancipation Memorial” sculpture, which portrays an enslaved man kneeling at the feet of Abraham Lincoln.
After nearly two hours of public comment Tuesday night, with people arguing both for and against keeping the statue, the board charged its staff to look at next steps for the sculpture, including where to store it temporarily and what could replace it.
The bronze sculpture currently sits on city property in Park Square. It would cost about $15,000 to remove, according to Karin Goodfellow, the city's director of public art.... (Read more)
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