[Lincolnparkdc] sharing Letters from US Park Service and US Dept of Interior regarding the building of fences around statues in Lincoln Park today

[Holtzman, Steve (SMD 6B05)]

Neighbors,

Please find attached a letter from the National Park Service as well as letter from US Dept of Interior.

For anyone not aware, the effort to forcibly remove the Lincoln statue, which was announced by a group of demonstrators protesting in Lincoln Park on Tuesday evening.  had been set for this evening, Thursday, June 25th, but was postponed yesterday and rescheduled for tomorrow, Friday, June 26th at 7pm. Not sure what form this will take given today's actions by NPS however assume a gathering will take place.

Two days ago, at the request of the US Dept of Interior (the parent agency of the NPS), 400 DC National Guard members(unarmed) were mobilized to prepare to be posted at various locations throughout DC with the stated mission of "protecting" national monuments in the District of Columbia. Yesterday, the Trump administration supplemented these by assigning Federal Marshalls, who normally protect jails, courthouses, transfer prisioners, etc. to a special unit tasked with a similar mission regarding the monuments. To be clear, there is no indication that the District government made any request for this support.

Below are links to information on Congresswoman Holmes-Norton's preparation of legislation  to have the Emancipation Statue removed and her reasoning for why this is important as well as an op-ed piece contributed by Councilmember Charles Allen to the Hill Rag  supporting this action. Thanks to CommissionerAmber GoveANC6A for sharing these.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/504271-dc-delegate-pushes-to-remove-the-emancipation-statue-in-lincoln
https://www.hillrag.com/2020/06/24/we-need-to-replace-the-emancipation-statue/
[https://www.hillrag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/99B99FF0-5CED-4E41-9206-BCF021DFC3E0-scaled.jpeg]<https://www.hillrag.com/2020/06/24/we-need-to-replace-the-emancipation-statue/>
We Need to Replace the Emancipation Statue - HillRag<https://www.hillrag.com/2020/06/24/we-need-to-replace-the-emancipation-statue/>
On Tuesday, June 23, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she’ll be introducing federal legislation to remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park, which is part of the federal National Park Service and not under control of the local DC government. I’ve heard from several residents that share concerns about this statue’s depiction of […]
www.hillrag.com
As all on the Lincoln Park listserv are well aware, the effort to forcibly remove the Lincoln statue,which was announced by a group of demonstrators protesting in Lincoln Park on Tuesday evening,  had been set for this evening, Thursday, June 25th. It was postponed yesterday and rescheduled for tomorrow, Friday, June 26th at 7pm. Not sure what form this will take given today's actions by NPS however assume a gathering will take place.

Two days ago, at the request of the US Dept of Interior (the parent agency of the NPS), 400 DC National Guard members(unarmed) were mobilized to prepare to be posted at various locations throughout DC with the stated mission of "protecting" national monuments in the District of Columbia. Yesterday, the Trump administration supplemented these by assigning Federal Marshalls, who normally protect jails, courthouses, transfer prisioners, etc. to a special unit tasked with a similar mission regarding the monuments. To be clear, there is no indication that the District government made any request for this support.


best,

 Steve

Steve Holtzman, 6B05


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