2020.06.19. Memorial to confederate soldiers & sailors
Two statues that sat on the larger structure of the monument were toppled by protestors on Juneteenth. They were dragged through the streets. One was hung from a lamppost and the other was later carried away by police on a golf cart. On June 20, 2020 the rest of the monument was removed by the city.
2020.07.27 Henry County Confederate Monument
The Henry County Board of Commissioners voted to remove it, but contracting issues prevented this. Hundreds of protesters came out three weeks later to condemn the lack of action and it was removed less than 24 hours after the protest.
2020.06.16 Juan de Onate, Alcade, New Mexico USA
Defaced 1: Foot was chopped off in 1997 and a note was left behind saying "fair is fair." but later recast and reattached by the original artist - cost $10,000. Defaced 2: In 2017 the statue's foot was painted red and a note was left saying "Remember 1680." Removal: On the date of it's removal another removal protest was occuring in Albuquerque, NM at a second statue of Onate (a protestor was shot there).
2020.06.16 La Jornada, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Activists gathered demanding removal of the statue on June 15, 2020. A protestor was shot by a man reportedly antagonizing many of those gathered. As of October 31, 2020 the City of Albuquerque is in favor of not replacing it.
2020.06.20 Henry Lawson Wyatt Monument
This monument was removed alongside all other Confederate monuments on North Carolina’s State Capitol Grounds in June of 2020. Several figures from other statues nearby were removed by protestors and hung from light posts the night before removal.
2020.06.20 Women of the Confederacy
The statue was removed by the city of Raleigh by order of the Governor on June 6, 2020. The statue was previously defaced with “Black Lives Matter” in 2015 a few weeks after the deadly shooting of nine Black Americans at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
2020.06.18 Don Diego de Vargas, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA
Removed by city after formal call for removal from indigenous activists and organizations; also as a response to violence in the state around controversial monuments
2020.08.11 Talbot Boy Statue
The statue has been covered with signs in support of Black lives and calling for its removal. No serious defacement or attempted topplings. The state and county have reviewed and shot down several calls for its removal.
2020.09.27 Statue of John Pelham
The city council voted four to one to remove the statue after the national protests in summer of 2020, with potential plans for relocation.