Petition seeks removal of statue of Alaska purchase official [Seward]

www.ktuu.com ^ | Tue 7:06 AM, Jun 23, 2020 | Staff

[Red Badger]

JUNEAU, Alaska - Petitioners have called for the removal of a statue in Alaska of the U.S. cabinet secretary who arranged the purchase of the state’s land from Russia.

The Juneau Empire reports Jennifer LaRoe launched the Change.org petition to remove the William H. Seward statue that drew signatures from 1,300 people.

The $250,000 statue unveiled in 2017 shows Seward holding the 1867 Treaty of Cession authorizing the Alaska Territory sale to the U.S. from the Russian Empire.

LaRoe acknowledged Seward's role as an abolitionist in President Abraham Lincoln’s administration but says the statue is a symbol of white, patriarchal authority and the disenfranchisement of Alaska Natives.

[Red Badger]

It was never about statues.

It was never about slavery.

The ‘issue’ is never ‘the issue’.

The issue is ALWAYS The Revolution...............................

[bert]

The real issue is Africanization.

Radical Africans intend to drag America down to the level of Nigeria or Liberia or Ivory Coast thus eliminating the unequality

[dfwgator]

Radical Africans intend to drag America down to the level of Nigeria or Liberia or Ivory Coast thus eliminating the unequality

And get filthy rich in the process.

[Phil DiBasquette]

It’s catch as Ketchikan right now

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I think if I had a choice between the Democrats and the Russians, I think I’d take my chances with the Russians - same totalitarianism, less insanity, less bloodthirsty, more commonality regarding cultural things.