Was that the Caesar Rodney statue on the back of a truck? Yes — and here's why
No, your eyes didn't deceive you — if you thought you saw the Caesar Rodney statue traveling down the highway in Delaware on Wednesday, chances are, you probably did.
The statue has been in storage in Swedesboro, New Jersey, since its removal from Wilmington's Rodney Square in 2020, according to Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki's deputy chief of staff, John Rago.
The statue was taken down amid a national racial reckoning spurred by the killing of Black people like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police. The statue of Rodney, who owned slaves, as well as that of Christopher Columbus, who mistreated Indigenous peoples, were removed in response to protests.
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Rago said that the city was notified a few months ago that the storage facility was closing and that the statue would need to be moved elsewhere. It was taken to a new storage facility in New Castle this week "for safekeeping."
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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Caesar Rodney statue seen riding down interstate to move facilities
