ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Frederick Douglass statues are back!The City of Rochester revealed several of the refurbished statues Wednesday. They originally were created in 2018 for the Year of ...

On Sept. 18, Mayor Malik Evans announced that several Frederick Douglass statues would be returned to public display after extensive repair and refurbishment. The statues, created by artist Olivia ...

On Sept. 18, Mayor Malik Evans announced that several Frederick Douglass statues would be returned to public display after extensive repair and refurbishment. The statues, created by artist Olivia ...

The statues were originally created for the city's 2018 “Year of Douglass” celebration. By 2023, the city said they'd already stood for two years longer than originally planned.

Meanwhile, a statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester, New York on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.

A Frederick Douglass statue that underwent extensive repairs was unveiled Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, at Aqueduct Park on East Main Street in Rochester. (Photo by John Washnis/WHAM) ...

Boehner is calling the statue “a fitting tribute to one of the greatest Americans and voices for freedom who ever lived.” The statue by Maryland artist Steve Weitzman portrays Douglass in his 50s.

The paved park contains a gazebo and a large statue of Douglass as a young man. The statue and park is part of a movement, Mitchell explained, to connect New Bedford with its past.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.

In June 2023, the City of New Bedford erected the statue to honor Douglass and his connection with New Bedford, which – in addition to once being the whaling capital of the world – was also ...

No longer—today a sculpted likeness of Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave turned famous orator, will take its place among the hundred other state-donated statues dispersed throughout the Capitol.