Baltimore statue honoring national anthem is defaced, found sprayed with red paint

[TomSea]

Baltimore statue honoring national anthem is defaced, found sprayed with red paint
Jacques Kelly

A statue paid for with pennies contributed by Baltimore school children more than a century ago was found sprayed with red paint Monday morning.

Jennifer Arndt Robinson, executive director of Friends of Patterson Park, said the bronze statue of children holding a scroll to commemorate the writing of the Star Spangled Banner had been damaged by paint. The words “Racist Anthem” were sprayed on a sidewalk near the statue.

“We were notified early this morning of the incident,” Robinson said. “We are working with appropriate city officials to make sure it is addressed as quickly as possible.”

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-baltimore-statue-20180116-story.html

[edpc]

I moved out of Maryland in 2006. At that time, Patterson Park was strewn with needles, condoms, drug vials, and garbage. Hardly a surprise it occurred there.

[dfwgator]

First they came for the Confederate Monuments......

[Frank Cannon]

I moved out of Maryland in 2006. At that time, Patterson Park was strewn with needles, condoms, drug vials, and garbage. Hardly a surprise it occurred there.

Exactly. This is not some special place. It's a shithole. I'm surprised the statue wasn't stolen and sold for drug money.

[edpc]

Exactly. This is not some special place. It's a shithole. I'm surprised the statue wasn't stolen and sold for drug money.

The golf course at Clifton Park was better. There were feral dogs in the sand traps and feral kids robbing the patrons. Pete Dye could not have created better hazards.

[Gefn]

First they came for the Confederate Monuments......

Next will be Poe....(sad)

[edpc]

Baltimore – birthplace of Nancy D’Alesandro, a.k.a San Fran Nan Pelosi.  Her father was mayor.

[Neverdul]

The golf course at Clifton Park was better. There were feral dogs in the sand traps and feral kids robbing the patrons. Pete Dye could not have created better hazards.

I've played a couple of Baltimore City owned golf courses. Pine Ridge which was actually in Baltimore County but next to the Loch Raven reservoir on property owned by the city was a nice course except for all the deer and geese, and Mt. Pleasant in the north eastern part of the city, wasn't bad, at least some 10 years ago. But I'd never golf at Clifton Park unless I had an armed security detail staffed by like Seal Team Six guys.

 

[edpc]

I've played a couple of Baltimore City owned golf courses. Pine Ridge which was actually in Baltimore County but next to the Loch Raven reservoir on property owned by the city was a nice course except for all the deer and geese, and Mt. Pleasant in the north eastern part of the city, wasn't bad, at least some 10 years ago. But I'd never golf at Clifton Park unless I had an armed security detail staffed by like Seal Team Six guys.

 

I played Clifton Park a few times. It’s not a bad course, if the miscreants are not out and about. I never had any run-ins with people, but I did have to deal with the dogs. Only played Pine Ridge twice and liked it. Played Mount Pleasant quite a bit and participated in the Maryland amateur in 96 and 97. That course is a bear from the back tees and the greens are a real bitch when cut low.

[WingNot]

Baltimore – birthplace of Nancy D’Alesandro, a.k.a San Fran Nan Pelosi.  Her father was mayor.

Man.  The road apple sure didn't fall far from that horses ass.

[Fishrrman]

It's Baltimore, Maryland, folks.
No longer part of "traditional America".

A place that is transforming itself into something alien from what traditional-minded Americans of European heritage built and believed in.
Before too long, they won't even display the American flag there any more.

As Mr. Trump would say... a s***hole.
Perhaps the only thing for da white folks to do is... get out while the gettin' is good.

[Smokin Joe]

It's Baltimore, Maryland, folks.
No longer part of "traditional America".

A place that is transforming itself into something alien from what traditional-minded Americans of European heritage built and believed in.
Before too long, they won't even display the American flag there any more.

As Mr. Trump would say... a s***hole.
Perhaps the only thing for da white folks to do is... get out while the gettin' is good.

Interesting fate for the City of Monuments. I was last there in '77, and parts were still nice (Inner Harbor had been redone). Entropy prevails.

[edpc]

Interesting fate for the City of Monuments. I was last there in '77, and parts were still nice (Inner Harbor had been redone). Entropy prevails.

The Mini-Renaissance of the late 70s and early 80s cut both ways. Improvements and redevelopment made the cost-of-living and taxes go up. People started moving out to the beltway enclaves of Perry Hall and Parkville. Once you lost the tax base, all the other problems intensified. The catalyst for the downward spiral was Mayor Kurt Schmoke.  He was an absolute disaster and the city hasn’t recovered.