A monument to the former owner of the Washington Redskins and a statue of the former owner of the Minnesota Twins have been removed because of the men's racist pasts, the Washington sports authority and the Twins organization said
The Minnesota Twins removed a statue honoring Calvin Griffith from outside the team's ballpark. In Washington, DC, the city's convention and sports authority, Events DC, removed a monument to Redskins franchise founder George Preston Marshall from outside Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. The Redskins played at RFK Stadium before moving to FedEx Field in Prince George's County, Maryland.
"Our decision to memorialize Calvin Griffith with a statue reflects an ignorance on our part of systemic racism present in 1978, 2010 and today."The moves come as statues, monuments and memorials to Confederates, racists and other controversial figures across the US have been taken down by officials, or at the hands of protesters.Marshall died in 1969 and Griffith died in 1999.
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Monuments of the former owners of the Washington Redskins and the Minneapolis Twins have been removedA monument to the former owner of the Washington Redskins and a statue of the former owner of the Minneapolis Twins were removed Friday because of the men's racist pasts, the Washington sports authority and the Twins organization said.
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