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San Jose Sam Liccardo Mayor is calling for the removal of a controversial Thomas Fallon statue in downtown San Jose.

1 Feb 2021 Thomas Fallon was a soldier in the Mexican-American War and a mayor of San Jose, California, but now left-wing activists are calling for “melting” the bronze statue erected in his honor because they believe he was a racist and a white supremacist. He planted an American flag in 1846 into the city’s soil to claim the land for the United States. A website that catalogs “interesting” locations around the world wrote about the controversy: In the 1980s, San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery had the city commission a statue of Fallon raising the U.S. flag in San Jose at a cost of over $8...

'Take it down, melt it down': San Jose residents urge officials to remove controversial statue FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A 16-foot-tall bronze statue in downtown San Jose, CA commemorating Thomas Fallon is pictured on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. The statue should be removed because it celebrates oppression, violence, justice and genocide, dozens of people argued in a virtual public forum Friday night.Lauren Hernandez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 A 16-foot-tall bronze statue in downtown San Jose commemorates Thomas Fallon. Dozens of people argued in a virtual forum that the statue shoul...