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Please verifyResetSubmitLike Blaze News? Get the news that matters most delivered directly to your inbox.A day after Portland rioters , vandals toppled more historic statues. On Friday night, saboteurs ripped down monuments that were dedicated to Ulysses S. Grant, Francis Scott Key, and an 18th-century Spanish priest who was canonized as a saint.Rioters leveled a statue dedicated to Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican who was the 18th president of the United States and the four-star Union general who defeated the Confederacy in the American Civil War.#BREAKING: Demonstrators topple statues in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. @hurd_hurd will have details on our Ne… https://t.co/sqB7SH1fgv — NBC Bay Area (@NBC Bay Area)Grant allegedly owned one slave for "about a year on the eve of the Civil War," according to Sean Kane, interpretations and programs specialist at . "In 1859, Grant either bought or was given the 35-year-old Jones, who was in Grant's service until he freed him before the start of the War."Grant wrote in his personal , "As time passes, people, even of the South, will begin to wonder how it was possible that their ancestors ever fought for or justified institutions which acknowledged the right of property in man." Many came in defense of Grant, including U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who noted that Grant "destroyed the KKK."President Grant:-Smashed the Confederacy-Led Reconstruction-Destroyed the KKK-Passed civil-rights lawsAnd… https://t.co/qdE3QgVCEO — Tom Cotton (@Tom Cotton)Defenders pointed out that famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass praised the Union general and that Grant signed into law an act that him to use armed forces to quash any person or group, such as the Ku Klux Klan, who disenfranchised and terrorized former slaves.Frederick Douglass eulogized Grant “a man too broad for prejudice, too humane to despise the humblest, too great to… https://t.co/tMrWXZimx6 — Michael Needham (@Michael Needham)Lost Cause meet Crazy Cause: using Juneteenth to tear down of the San Fran. statue of Ulysses S. Grant —who won the… https://t.co/erp8Sm0I1T — Marc Caputo (@Marc Caputo)He was a “slave owner” in that he was gifted a slave, hated the idea, and freed him within a year. Then won the Civ… https://t.co/ZXs1yeIwMs — Matt Whitlock (@Matt Whitlock)Shameful. Ulysses S. Grant crushed the Confederacy &amp; helped free millions of slaves. As President, Grant was vigoro… https://t.co/xraKcljMLG — JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JERRY DUNLEAVY)Grant did briefly own one slave he freed years before the war; but as a general he smashed the Confederacy, and as… https://t.co/SPeVNLhzt8 — Adam Serwer🍝 (@Adam Serwer🍝)The Ulysses S. Grant statue was one of three monuments that rioters tore down on Friday night at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.Vandals also brought down a statue of Francis Scott Key, the composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner." The rioters justified taking down Key's statue because he was a slave owner.And Francis Scott Key is down, *right* as a police officer says “you’ve made your point, we’re not gonna let you pu… https://t.co/LmKGHxoQBW — Joe Rivano Barros (@Joe Rivano Barros)Video also shows rioters topple a statue of Junipero Serra, founder of the missions of California. In 2015, Serra was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis I in Washington, D.C., making him the of the Roman Catholic Church to be canonized in the United States.People just toppled the Junipero Serra statue in San Francisco. Serra founded the first nine Spanish missions in Ca… https://t.co/ygF8S7SjA3 — Shane Bauer (@Shane Bauer)Crowd beat up on the statue after and tagged it, plus a nearby statue of Cervantes for good measure https://t.co/F7foXW1ez6 — Joe Rivano Barros (@Joe Rivano Barros)Rioters deemed the 1907 statue of the Spanish Roman Catholic saint to be torn down because "many Native Americans blame him for the destruction of their culture and the decimation of their ancestors from European diseases, as well as for the brutal punishment he inflicted on those who tried to run away," according to . were made in San Francisco.Also on Juneteenth, the day remembering the freeing of the last U.S. slaves over a century and a half ago, two confederate monuments were brought down in Raleigh, North Carolina. Protests escalated and rioters used ropes to take down statues of Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War.“We just took down the statue!” One protester cries with joy. Here’s the footage of part of Raleigh’s confederate m… https://t.co/S4IswApUE0 — Leigh Tauss (@Leigh Tauss)The statues were dragged in the streets, and then the rope was tied to light posts to mimic a public hanging. reported that one person was arrested.The protests are now dancing at the intersection of Hargett and Salisbury Streets as the downed confederate soldier… https://t.co/k50eV4LddO — Leigh Tauss (@Leigh Tauss)The protesters have strung the confederate soldier statue up on the Hargett Street sign pole. #Raleigh https://t.co/3eG4aJRgiw — Leigh Tauss (@Leigh Tauss)In Washington, D.C., rioters brought down a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike and set it on fire.And protesters just toppled the Albert Pike statue in DC https://t.co/gEzJm0OYjd — Perry Stein (@Perry Stein)President Donald Trump condemned D.C. police for "not doing their job" by allowing the statue, which was standing near D.C. Police Headquarters, to be dismantled. Trump also tagged Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on the tweet.The D.C. Police are not doing their job as they watch a statue be ripped down &amp; burn. These people should be immedi… https://t.co/k9Vr0ICNuM — Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)Most recentRecommended© 2022 Blaze Media LLC.All rights reserved.Get the news that matters most delivered directly to your inbox.By signing up to the Blaze News newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications from Blaze Media that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content.© 2022 Blaze Media LLC. All rights reserved.

Please verifyResetSubmitLike Blaze News? Get the news that matters most delivered directly to your inbox.A day after Portland rioters , vandals toppled more historic statues. On Friday night, saboteurs ripped down monuments that were dedicated to Ulysses S. Grant, Francis Scott Key, and an 18th-century Spanish priest who was canonized as a saint.Rioters leveled a statue dedicated to Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican who was the 18th president of the United States and the four-star Union general who defeated the Confederacy in the American Civil War.#BREAKING: Demonstrators topple statues in...

Rioters tear down more statues including Ulysses S. Grant, who defeated the Confederacy and 'destroyed the KKK'

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