Theodore Roosevelt’s statue is to be removed from the American Museum of Natural History, following the removal of multiple other statues of personalities representing the country’s dark past. This was announced on Sunday after the Black Lives Matter movement has gained momentum all over the world.
This statue of the former president features him on a horse, surrounded by a Native American and an African American. This has reported being the reason why the statue has been facing the brunt of the protesters.
In San Francisco, on Friday a statue of another president, Ulysses S Grant, was among monuments pulled down in Golden Gate Park. Grant led Union armies to victory in the civil war and as president fought the Ku Klux Klan. But before defeating the slave-owning Confederacy he married into a slave-owning family and briefly owned a slave himself.
While talking about this, Ellen Futter, the president of the museum said, “Over the last few weeks, our museum community has been profoundly moved by the ever-widening movement for racial justice that has emerged after the killing of George Floyd.”
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was the President of the United States from 1901 till 1909 and was a hunting enthusiast. He actively contributed to much of the museum’s collection.