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George Washington bust will be moved to Watsonville Public Library A bilingual plaque will be added to the statue that outlines Washington’s history.
Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | February 20, .2021 | Hannah Hagemann

Posted on 02/10/2021 8:47:40 AM PST by artichokegrower

After six months of debate over the George Washington bust, which currently sits in the Watsonville City Plaza, council members voted Tuesday evening that the statue be moved to Watsonville Public Library. In addition, a bilingual plaque will be added to the statue, that outlines Washington’s history.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cancelculture; dsj03; georgewashington
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To: Jewbacca

Destroying Aztecs was a bad thing?


21 posted on 02/10/2021 9:11:31 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: artichokegrower

**on genocide and white supremacy,” Anisa said.**

She needs to look at Spanish slavery history in Mexico and Aztec history of slave-sacrifices before Columbus ever was born.


22 posted on 02/10/2021 9:11:37 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Will the plaque be in FRENCH?


Washington’s first foray into history was when, as a young man, he led a group of Virginians into the wilderness to try and stop the construction of a French fort at the forks of the Ohio River. An Indian ally bashed out the brains of a Frenchman they captured which pretty much was the cause of the French and Indian War (AKA Seven Years War).

Washington and his men quickly built a fort to defend themselves, Fort Necessity. It was very badly situated and Washington had to surrender. Because he couldn’t read French, (educated gentlemen of the time were expected to know French) he signed the French document of surrender accepting all blame. Even the king of England, George II was disgusted by this.

Don’t know if George would appreciate the irony of the plaque being in French.


23 posted on 02/10/2021 9:16:40 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: artichokegrower

God bless Amerika.


24 posted on 02/10/2021 9:17:21 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: T.B. Yoits
Will the plaque be written in cursive?

It will be written in emojis.

25 posted on 02/10/2021 9:25:11 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Joe Biden: The best president Chinese money can buy.)
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To: artichokegrower

It should be remembered that Mexico was a slave owning nation until 1829 when slavery was abolished.

HOWEVER, fifty years later Indians taken from the US by slave raiders were still being sold as slaves in MEXICO.

COPY THESE LINKS! I have many more.

More on American Indian and Mexican Slavery...

The black people ‘erased from (Mexican) history’
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35981727

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-native-american-slaveholders-complicate-trail-tears-narrative-180968339/

https://commonsenseevaluation.com/2019/06/23/did-you-know-native-americans-owned-slaves/

Cherokee SLAVE REVOLT OF 1842.
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SL002


26 posted on 02/10/2021 9:25:48 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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To: windsorknot

Starting campaign:

Keep Your Washingtons Out Of Watsonville

Don’t want to open my wallet and offend anybody


27 posted on 02/10/2021 9:26:23 AM PST by artichokegrower (I )
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To: albie

“Anisa” is an idiot.”

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Try finding a liberal female who isn’t an idiot.

Male too for that matter.


28 posted on 02/10/2021 9:32:19 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Bite Me.....The Commander-in-Thief, Commander-in-Cheat, Illegitimate president!)
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To: artichokegrower

Mexicans don’t know US history......


29 posted on 02/10/2021 9:32:31 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: artichokegrower
“The Washington bust does not reflect me or my community, and considering y’all just approved to raise a BLM flag, and are currently voting during Black History Month…keeping the bust would kind of be tone deaf at this point. While Washington is considered to be a founding father this country was founded on geocide and white supremacy,” Anisa said.

Nutty stuff...should be laughed out of town rather than given any credibility...but alas, the "woke" will be "woke."

30 posted on 02/10/2021 9:50:57 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Seruzawa

I have no idea, nor is it relevant.

Hearing basically anyone who speaks Spanish in the Americas complain about their culture being destroyed is laughable given their history.

They are probably the most genocidal group (as a culture) in the world aside from the Bantu in Africa.


31 posted on 02/10/2021 9:54:55 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: artichokegrower

Why don’t we just shot George and get it over with.


32 posted on 02/10/2021 9:58:53 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: artichokegrower

Multicultural meaning the government flooded CA with foreign nationals and illegals to the point where many towns and cities in that state are unrecognizable...Watsonville has a population about 60,000...I guess probably 70% are in the country illegally. Most everyone else fled long ago.


33 posted on 02/10/2021 5:13:16 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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