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Charles Swanston’s Headless Rancher Statue is a Casualty of War

January 4, 2023 11:25 amJanuary 4, 2023 2:15 pm

Rekindling ugly memories of the summer of 2020 when anarchist vandals burned and desecrated public memorials across America, the statue of a California rancher had its head cut off in a Sacramento park the day after Christmas. No one yet...

Historical Sacramento Statue of Local Cattle Rancher Decapitated

December 29, 2022 9:07 amDecember 29, 2022 2:56 pm

The statue of George Swanston, a 19th-century northern California cattleman, and meat-packing businessman, was decapitated Monday in the Sacramento neighborhood of Land Park. Vandals removed the head from the historic memorial statue to Charles Swanston, residents first reported Monday on...

Statues of Fr. Junipero Serra Toppled In Los Angeles, San Francisco

June 22, 2020 5:13 pm

During the weekend, two statues of Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish priest who established several missions in California in the 1770’s and helped lead to the settlement of the state, were removed by protesters in Los Angeles and San Francisco....