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Theodore Roosevelt Statue To Be Removed From New York Museum Entrance

"It is time to move the Statue and move forward," the 26th U.S. president's great-grandson says. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and a man of African descent on foot.
The <em>Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt</em> in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City will be removed at the museum's request.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says he supports the calls by the American Museum of Natural History to remove a "problematic statue" of Theodore Roosevelt that many say is a symbol of oppression and racial discrimination.

The statue, officially named Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt, was unveiled 80 years

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