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From the Mid-Hudson Valley Perspective Archive

JOAN OF ARC STATUE IN NEW ORLEANS TAGGED WITH ‘TEAR IT DOWN’ GRAFFITI

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.

(Posted Friday, August 18, 2017 )   <Read it>

--New Orleans Times-Picayune--

Editorial Comment

Yeah, it’s stupid, but what about the Taliban attacks on monuments isn’t? - BK