Statue of Theodore Roosevelt Removed from New York Museum Will Be Placed in North Dakota

The iconic statue of U.S. President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt has been removed from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where it has stood for over 80 years.

CNN reports that demands for the statue to be removed began over a year and a half ago, with some falsely claiming that the statue was racist. The monument depicts the 26th president riding triumphantly on horseback, with an American Indian on one side of him and an African man on the other side. The process of removing the statue itself began on Tuesday and was completed by Thursday.

A spokesperson for the museum said that the removal was “conducted with historic preservation specialists and approved by multiple New York City agencies.” The museum now plans to renovate the statue-less plaza.

The statue was one of hundreds across the country that was targeted by far-left radicals starting with the race riots of 2020, after George Floyd, a black man with a criminal history, died of a fentanyl overdose while in police custody in Minneapolis. Many monuments were violently torn down by domestic terrorists, while others were removed by local officials who caved to mob pressure. Among the statues targeted were leaders of the Confederacy, some of America’s Founding Fathers, and President Abraham Lincoln…. (Excerpts from the Virginia Star)