Think Confederate monuments are racist? Consider pioneer monuments
- Written by Cynthia Prescott, Associate Professor of History, University of North Dakota
'Early Days.' Detail of Frank Happersberger's pioneer monument, San Francisco, California, 1894. Photo by Lisa Allen.Cynthia Prescott, CC BY-SAIn San Francisco, there is an an 800-ton monument that retells California history, from the Spanish missions to American settlement. Several bronze sculptures and relief plaques depict American Indians,...
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