Focus on Roger B. Taney Monument (Baltimore) and analyze the History.
The sculpture was a gift to the City of Baltimore from the businessman and art collector William T. Walters, whose home faced Mount Vernon Place. It is a recast of the Roger B. Taney Monument at Annapolis, Maryland. The sculpture was unveiled to the public in 1887.Amidst controversy about the presence of a statue honoring the author of the infamous Dred Scott decision, the sculpture was removed by the City of Baltimore in 2017 and put into storage.In the August 14, 2017, City Council session, they also voted unanimously to remove the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument, the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument and the Confederate Women's Monument.
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