Lincoln statue in Chicago’s Edgewater park defaced
The Young Lincoln statue covered in red paint with the words “COLONIZER” and “LAND BACK!” written underneath in Senn Park in Chicago on Nov. 24, 2022.
The vandals also reportedly wrote “Dakota 38,” in apparent reference to 38 Dakota Sioux who were executed on Lincoln’s order following the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising.This was the second time a Lincoln statue had been vandalized in Chicago recently. A statue of the former president was also defaced with a similar message in Lincoln Park in October.
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