New Orleans' Joan of Arc Statue Vandalized With 'Take It Down'

[mrclose]

Another day, yet another statue of a military hero is reportedly under fire. This figure astride a horse was vandalized with the spray-painted words "Tear It Down."

Who was this historical figure? General Lee? Stonewall Jackson? Nathan Bedford Forrest?

No, this was a figure who hails from the north.

Of France:

    The phrase "Tear it Down" was hastily sprayed in black paint across the base of the golden Joan of Arc statue on Decatur Street in the French Quarter sometime earlier this week. It has since been removed, with only the vaguest traces of the paint remaining.

    The "Tear it Down" tag would seem to relate to the debate surrounding the city's ongoing removal of four Confederate monuments. But the statue of Joan of Arc, a 15th-century military leader, martyr and Catholic saint, hasn't been mentioned in the controversy to this point.

    Amy Kirk Duvoisin, the founder of the annual Joan of Arc parade that ceremonially pauses at the statue on the first day of Carnival season, says she's confused by the vandalism.

    "Surely, people realize she's not related to American history," she said referring to the French icon.

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[TomSea]

Tearing down history is not only pertains to whom we all know did it, ISIS and the Taliban... but I believe the Khmere Rouge and the Chinese communist government did these things as well.

China, whom was a very old civilization took after some cornerstones of their society from what little I know.