An empty pedestal where the "Forward" statue stood outside the state Capitol on Wednesday, the morning after protesters tore down "Forward" and a statue of a Union Civil War colonel and Wisconsin abolitionist.
STEVE APPS, STATE JOURNAL
Two protesters carry a leg from a statue of Hans Christian Heg, a Union Civil War colonel who fought for the end of slavery, during demonstrations Tuesday night.
EMILY HAMER, STATE JOURNAL
The pedestal where the "Forward" statue stood before protesters knocked it down Tuesday evening.
Protesters tore down two historic statues outside the Capitol on Tuesday evening — one that has come to represent women’s rights and the other honoring an abolitionist — leaving many people wondering what purpose their removal served to advance the Black Lives Matter movement.
The base of a statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, a Union Civil War colonel who fought for the end of slavery, remains after it was torn down by protesters Tuesday night. Protesters also tore down the state's "Forward" statue.
Col. Hans Christian Heg of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry was fatally wounded fighting for the Union Army on Sept. 19, 1863, and died the next day. This statue of Heg was erected in 1926.
An empty pedestal where the "Forward" statue stood outside the state Capitol on Wednesday, the morning after protesters tore down "Forward" and a statue of a Union Civil War colonel and Wisconsin abolitionist.
Two protesters carry a leg from a statue of Hans Christian Heg, a Union Civil War colonel who fought for the end of slavery, during demonstrations Tuesday night.
The base of a statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, a Union Civil War colonel who fought for the end of slavery, remains after it was torn down by protesters Tuesday night. Protesters also tore down the state's "Forward" statue.
Col. Hans Christian Heg of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry was fatally wounded fighting for the Union Army on Sept. 19, 1863, and died the next day. This statue of Heg was erected in 1926.
