Yesterday, officials approved a resolution to restore two statues removed from the capitol building’s grounds during protests last month. The Wisconsin Capitol and Executive Residence Board, which oversees maintenance of the state capitol building and its grounds, voted unanimously yesterday to eventually restore the statues. Now, Hans Christian Heg a union soldier and anti-slavery activist, […]
Proposed bill would make destruction of state statues a felony
On June 23rd, demonstrators protesting against the arrest of a local Black Lives Matter organizer toppled two prominent statues on the state capitol grounds. Protesters dragged the Forward statue, in chains, down State Street. They also beheaded the statue of Hans Christian Heg, an anti-slavery activist who fought for the Union during the Civil War, […]
