Mellon Foundation Pledges $250 Million To Rethink Nation’s Monuments

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Hundreds of people gather at the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Va., in July. The Mellon Foundation says it will spend $250 million over five years to re-imagine commemorative spaces in the U.S.

The new project will fund efforts to create new monuments, as well as contextualize or relocate existing ones, to tell a “more inclusive story of our history.”

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The new project will fund efforts to create new monuments, as well as contextualize or relocate existing ones, to tell a “more inclusive story of our history.”