A New Portland Exhibition Wrestles with the Meaning of Monuments
Converge 45’s ‘Prototypes,’ which opens August 25, attempts to chart a path forward after last summer’s statue-toppling.
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Converge 45’s ‘Prototypes,’ which opens August 25, attempts to chart a path forward after last summer’s statue-toppling.
A witness caught a white woman vandalizing a monument commemorating the only Black person who aided in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
A white woman was seen on video defacing a monument of the only Black member, York, of the Lewis and Clark expedition in Portland.
A white woman was seen on video vandalizing the monument of the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition on Tuesday. Oregon Live reports that the woman identified as Jeanette Grode, 43, received a citation for criminal mischief, abuse of venerated objects, unlawful applying of graffiti, and vandalism.
York was the only Black member of the expedition. He was enslaved by William Clark.