Statue of John Endecott | |
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Medium | Granite sculpture |
Subject | John Endecott |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
42°20′26.4″N 71°5′34.5″W / 42.340667°N 71.092917°W |
A statue of John Endecott by artist C. Paul Jennewein and architect Ralph Weld Gray is installed along The Fenway, in Boston's Forsyth Park, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. [1] Activists have objected to the statue because of Endecott's treatment of Indigenous Americans. [2]
The white granite statue is installed at the intersection of Hemenway Street and Forsyth Way, in Boston's Forsyth Park. It measures approximately 9 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 7 in x 6 ft. 6 in., and rests on a red granite base that measures approximately 4 ft. 7 in. x 13 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. The base is attached to a granite wall with benches. [1]
The 1936 memorial was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's " Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993. [1] The statue has prompted controversy because of Endecott's role in waging war against Indigenous populations. Protestors spray painted the statue with the tag "#LandBack" in June, 2020. [2] The statue was subsequently cleaned and the city resisted calls for the statue's removal. [2]