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Mellon.org — Monuments Project announced in 2020, $250MM pledged over 5 years to re-imagine the countries approach to monuments and memorials. Amount doubled in 2023 to $500MM. Philadelphia monumentslab.com gets $4MM.

City contract with the Regional Arts and Cultural Commission has not been renewed and is transferred to the City Office of Arts and Culture. It annual budget of $7.5MM had been funded by the $35/person city arts tax.

We agree with the testimony of Lukas Angus, support the de-accessioning of statues and oppose their tendency to mythologize history, and ask for honest histories to be told instead, with outreach to indigenous communities. Mayor Wheeler and Dan Ryan appear to agree.

If you wish to honor great men of the past, there is no need to erect a statue, simply recite their notable sayings