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The Ontario County Historical Society Museum joined with state and national historical museums, organizations, and alliances in universally condemning the violent attack on the Capitol of the United States on January 6th.
“The Capitol, a museum itself, was breached and defiled by a white supremacist, fascist mob, some wearing anti-Semitic and racist symbols, including Confederate flags, nooses, and attire promoting the Auschwitz death camp,” the Historical Society said in a press release. “On January 8, 2021, The Museum of Jewish Heritage reported finding a Confederate flag tied to its front door in the morning.
Dear Museum Community,
The violence and chaos that ensued in our nation’s capital on January 6 was horrifying and reprehensible, and a clear attack on our democracy and society propagated by deliberate deception and misinformation from elected officials. On a day that the United States recorded the most COVID-19 deaths in a single day so far, rioters invaded the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to overturn the unambiguous results of our presidential election resulting in the additional tragic loss of lives.
Museums serve millions of people of all backgrounds and political persuasions in communities across the country, who cast their vote on Election Day. Regardless of whom their ballots favored, our support for the democratic process and the peaceful transition of power must be unequivocal.