A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.
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Lewis was known for his role at the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement and urged others to get in “good trouble” for a cause he saw as vital and necessary. In DeKalb County where the Confederate monument stood for more than a century, protesters have invoked “good trouble” in calling for the swift removal of the obelisk.
Last time I went to the National Portrait Gallery in DC, the Hall of Presidents directly abutted the Civil Rights area.
Trumps presidential portrait (a photo, not a painting, as distinguished by the medium being listed as “inkjet printer” on the plaque) was on one side of a freestanding wall on the center of the room, and maybe 30ft away was a very large portrait of John Lewis.
The impression given was that Trump was losing a staring contest with John Lewis, which felt very apt.
The one thing I will give the Trump Administration is that they accomplished a lot of things despite being lazy as fuck. Most of the things they accomplished weren’t worth accomplishing, but…
There’s a not-insignificant chance it was the only non-painted exhibit in the entire museum. Everything else I saw was a painting…
On a side note, highly recommend the National Portrait Gallery if you’re ever in DC.