7 Arrested After Statue Of George Washington In Grand Park Torn Down
LAPPL News Watch
August 14, 2020
Seven people were arrested Thursday night after a statue of George
Washington in downtown Los Angeles was defaced and torn from its base,
the L.A. Police Department said.
According to initial reports, a group
of protesters gathered in Grand Park at about 7 p.m. and defaced the
statue, located on Hill Street between Temple and 1st streets, before
forcibly removing it from its base.
The statue, a life size bronze
figure of America’s first president dressed in military uniform, is one
of 30 copies of an original granite sculpture created in 1796 that
currently sits at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, according to
the Los Angeles Department of Arts and Culture.
It was acquired in 1933
by the Women’s Community Service, an auxiliary of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, and presented to the county on Feb. 22 of that year
to commemorate Washington’s birthday.
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