![]() In a statement Saturday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said she understood the “very real pain in this country rooted in our history of slavery and oppression.” But Breed did not weigh in on the debate over memorializing Serra, Key and Grant, focusing instead on the broader destruction at the park. Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” and Grant led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War before becoming president.īut the subjugation of Black slaves, in Key’s case of Native Americans, in Serra’s and Grant’s seesaw history with both, is another piece of each man’s legacy pointing to why they were targeted Friday night. Serra is known as the founder and leader of the mission system that helped create modern California. ![]() Photos also showed people vandalized a monument to Spanish writer Miguel Cervantes, the author of “Don Quixote.” And parks officials said the group vandalized several other features in the Music Concourse as well, including sculptures, benches and a fountain. One video posted to Twitter showed the group using a strap to topple the statue of Serra. The crowd dispersed around 9:30 with no arrests or reports of injuries. Police were called to the area just after 8 p.m., and said people in the group threw objects at the officers. ![]() Grant on Friday night, spurring a national debate over the complex legacies of those historical figures amid a broader movement to remove what critics say are monuments to white supremacy.Ī group of roughly 100 people pulled down the monuments displayed in the park’s Music Concourse near the de Young Museum and California Academy of Sciences, an eyewitness said. Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key and President Ulysses S. SAN FRANCISCO – Protesters in Golden Gate Park toppled statues of Fr. CLICK HERE if you’re having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device.
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