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July 14, 2020
Patricia Briggs
San Francisco
Woefully ignorant thugs have reached a new high in low in vandalizing sacred monuments in Golden Gate Park, notably the time-honored, beautiful St. Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key and Ulysses Grant statuary. One youth bashed the toppled Serra statue with his skateboard. How very ironic that these “privileged” tear precious artwork from their pedestals, only symbolically replacing their holier-than-thou selves on same, railing against authority and serving nothing to advance the cause of racial equity. As for the imperfect, like us all, Serra, there are two sides to every coin: Several missionaries were killed and one mission was burned to the ground. But these actions do not negate the fact that we owe California’s rich Mission heritage to Father Serra and the thousands of Chumash and Ohlone Indians who gave them to us, all living in more deprived times.
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