ADK. Denise Rucker Krepp, a representative of Ward 6B on the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, was driving past rusting RFK Stadium, which city officials plan to raze by 2021, as workers began dismantling the monument Friday morning. At the U.S. Capitol, portraits of four former House speakers who served in the Confederacy were removed. ADAnother former Washington team owner’s statue was removed Friday: The Minnesota Twins announced they took down the statue of former team owner Calvin Griffith, who made racist comments in a 1978 speech, from outside Target Field. Krepp said someone had painted “Change the name” in bright red on the Marshall monument overnight. “People in the neighborhood have been asking about this memorial for many years and suggesting that it be removed.

Source: Washington Post June 19, 2020 17:31 UTC