A statue of young Abraham Lincoln has been defaced with red paint and words referencing troubles with Native American tribes. The statue has stood in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood since the city donated it to Senn Park in 1997. 

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On the Lincoln statue, vandals scribbled 'COLONIZER' and 'LAND BACK' and the statue is covered in splashes of red paint.

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For the second time in nearly two months, a statue dedicated to former President Abraham Lincoln statue was defaced in Chicago. A similar message was written across another statue of the 16th president in Lincoln Park, roughly six miles away from Senn Park, on Oct. 11.

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A President Abraham Lincoln statue in Edgewater's Senn Park was defaced with anti-colonizer graffiti referencing the Dakota 38.

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A statue of Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in Chicago with red paint.Lincoln, of course, freed the slaves.The far-left vandals wrote messages like “colonizer” and “land back” along with the paint that was meant to look like blood.
Look what someone did to that Young Abe Lincoln statue near Senn High School. pic.twitter.com/eY3E02Yvp3— Billyjoe (@Billeeejo) November 26, 2022The statue is in Senn Park in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.According …

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Abraham Lincoln Statue Vandalized With 'Colonizer' and 'Land Back' in Chicago During Thanksgiving Weekend

Police are looking for whoever defaced statue of a young Abraham Lincoln in the Edgewater neighborhood on Thanksgiving Day.  WBBM Newsradio’s Carolina Garibay reports.

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A statue of young Abraham Lincoln was splashed with red paint on Thanksgiving Day with the words “COLONIZER” and “LAND BACK!” written below it in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.

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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team via Friday, November 25, 2022 2:17PMCHICAGO (WLS) -- For the second time in a month and a half, a statue of Abraham Lincoln

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Two statues of Lincoln in Chicago have now been defaced in relation to Lincolns role in the Sioux uprisings and his authorization of the execution of some Dakota men.

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