Friday, May 5, 2017

Joan of Arc statue in French Quarter tagged with 'Tear It Down' graffiti

Via Billy

The statue of the "Maid of Orleans" watches marchers pass by during the Joan of Arc Parade through the French Quarter celebrating the French martyr's 605th birthday on Saturday, January 7, 2017. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

The phrase "Tear it Down" was hastily sprayed in black paint across the base of the golden Joan of Arc statue on Decatur Street in the French Quarter sometime earlier this week. It has since been removed, with only the vaguest traces of the paint remaining.

The "Tear it Down" tag would seem to relate to the debate surrounding the city's ongoing removal of four Confederate monuments. But the statue of Joan of Arc, a 15th-century military leader, martyr and Catholic saint, hasn't been mentioned in the controversy to this point.

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6 comments:

  1. Heh.
    She ain't just a white woman, she a damn GOLD woman.
    And she Christian.
    She gotta go.

    - Charlie

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  2. What the heck did Joan of Arc do ? Own slaves, LOL !
    NOLA a total wacko place ! Next US Flags, Statues of Jesus, Churches, and so on.....

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  3. A further effort to destroy and eliminate Western Civilization.

    Badger

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