statues

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“Every year, one or two or three statues were erected. But they didn’t honor Lenin or Stalin. The statues were of Alexander I, of Peter the Great, of Catherine, of Nicholas I.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Crowley had tried to sell the statues to Sotheby's auction house in London between November 2022 and July 2023.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

A revamped Rose Garden that buries the past and statues that diminish what the people they depict stood for.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

He has pushed for a National Garden of American Heroes featuring 250 life-size statues of figures including George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Jackie Robinson.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Either they were too scared to toss the statues, or they couldn’t stomach the thought of them at the bottom of the Seine.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day