DEFACED MONUMENTS

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This is an archive of the research project from 2008.
An ongoing collection of statues, sculptures, memorials, markers and monuments that have been intentionally or unintentionally altered, damaged or destroyed as a political statement or during a political protest.
     
Statue of King William
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Date of incident: 1710, 1714, 1929
 
Statue of King George III
Bowling Green, New York City, United States
Date of incident: 07/09/1776
 
Field Marshall Viscount Gough
Originally Dublin, Ireland. Re-erected Northumberland, United Kingdom
Dates of incidents: 12/24/1944, 11/1956, 07/03/1957
 
Ferdinand de Lesseps Statue
Port Said, Egypt
Date of incident: 12/24/1956
 
Statue of Kwame Nkrumah
Accra, Ghana, Africa
Date of incident: 02/24/1966
 
Statue of Miguel Alemán Valdés
Mexico City, Mexico
Date of Incident: 1968
 
Solar Totem #1
Kent, Ohio, United States
Date of incident: 05/04/1970
 
Shrine of Remembrance
Melbourne, Australia
Date of incident: 04/23/1971
 
Monument for the Heroes
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Date of incident: 08/07/1973
 
Statue of António de Oliveira Salazar
Santa Comba Dao, Portugal
Date of incidence: 1974
 
Statue of Sir George Grey
Albert Park, AucklandAustralia
Date of incident: 02/06/1987
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt Statue
Panama City, Panama
Date of incident: 07/03/1987
 
Und Ihr habt doch gesiegt
Graz, Austria
Date of incident: 11/02/1988
 
Maitland Brown Memorial
Esplanade Park, Fremantle, Australia
Date of incident: 1990, 1995
 
Statue of Empress Josephine
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Date of incident: 1991
 
Statue of John Ballance
Moutoa Gardens (Pakaitore), Wanganui, New Zealand
Date of incident: 02/1995
 
Yagan Statue
Heirisson Island (near Perth), Australia
Date of incident: 09/1997, 2002
 
Christopher Columbus Statue
Honduras
Date of incident: 10/12/1997
 
Statue of Juan De Oñate
New Mexico, United States
Date of incident: 01/1998
 
Statue of Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Date of incident: 03/26/1999
 
Winston Churchill Statue
London, England
Dates of incidents: 05/01/2000, 01/13/2007
 
Christopher Columbus Statue
Junipero Serra Hall in Santa Barbara, California, United States
Date of incident: 08/02/2001
 
Christopher Columbus Statue
San Jose, California, United States
Date of incident: 03/08/2001
 
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi
Bheemgal (Nizamabad district), India
Date of incident: 10/02/2001

 
World War I Memorial
Kolkata, India
Date of incident: 10/2001
 
Statue of Margaret Thatcher
Isleworth, West London, England
Date of incident: 07/03/2002
 
Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain
Washington, D.C., United States
Date of incident: 10/14/2002
 
Christopher Columbus Monument
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dates of incidents: 2002, 2004, 06/02/2006
 
Bordeaux Statue of Liberty
Bordeaux, France
Date of incident: 03/25/2003
 
Commonwealth War Graves Monument
Étaples, France
Date of incident: 04/01/2003
 
Monument to Joe Louis
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date of incident: 02/23/2004
 
Christopher Columbus Monument
Caracas, Venezuela
Date of incident: 10/12/2004
 
Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Dublin, Ireland
Date of incident: 11/11/2004
 
Statue of Josip Broz Tito
Krumrovec, Croatia
Date of incident: 12/26/04
 
Seán Russell Memorial
Dublin, Ireland
Date of incident: 12/31/2004
 
The George Bush Presidential Monument
Houston, Texas, United States
Date of incident: 02/10/2005
 
Chief Tshwane Statue
Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, Africa
Date of incident: 07/12/06
 
John McDouall Stuart Monument
Darwin’s Raintree Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Date of incident: 11/2006
 
Statue of George Washington
New York City, United States
Date of incident: 11/06/2006
 
Lafayette Crosses Hillside Memorial
Lafayette, California, United States.
Dates of incidents: 11/14/2006, 12/21/2006
 
Statue of Guru Rinpoche
Samye monastery, (TAR) Tibet
Date of incident: 05/2007
 
Iraq War Memorial
Mt. Pleasanton, Michigan, United States.
Date of incident: 07/23/2007
 
Magic Carpet Ride
Cardiff, California, United States.
Date of incident: 08/20/2007
 
Vietnam War Veterans Memorial
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Date of incident: 08/2007
 
Statue of Guru Rinpoche
Darchen, (TAR) Tibet
Date of incident: 09/28/2007
 
Trevi Fountain
Rome, Italy
Date of incident: 10/18/2007
 
Che Guevera monument
Mérida, Venezuela
Date of incident: 10/19/2007
 
Tippecanoe Battlefield Monument
Battleground, Indiana, United States
Date of incident: 11/07/2007
 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington, D.C., United States
Date of incident: 11/08/2007
 
Veterans Memorial Park
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Date of incident: 03/19/2008