To: dennisw
A leading Latvian media outlet broadcast the event live, showing onlookers cheering and applauding as the obelisk fell.
![](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/2dacd/41937431.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240/bpanews_274ea0cd-3de2-4e22-8280-4632a8a52450_embedded268461179)
6 posted on
08/26/2022 4:02:42 AM PDT by
texas booster
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To: texas booster
Former name: Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders Sounds like something CNN would have named.
8 posted on
08/26/2022 4:05:45 AM PDT by
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That obelisk is, or was, impressive. There is a lot of broken concrete to haul away.
9 posted on
08/26/2022 4:09:22 AM PDT by
dennisw
To: texas booster
Looks like a piece of scrap concrete repurposed as a “monument”...Good riddance!
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