On Thursday, social justice activists replaced a torn-down monument featuring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson riding side by side, with a statue of a pregnant woman with her fist raised in the air titled, “Madre Luz,” or “Mother Light.” Activists and media referred to the statue as “Lady Liberty.”
Following the horrible events in Charlottesville on Saturday, the statues of Lee and Jackson were removed by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh for the sake of public safety. Baltimore had been considering removing the statues before white supremacists and members of Antifa clashed in North Carolina, but the weekend’s events expedited the decision.
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