The recent toppling of Junipero Serra statues in Los Angeles and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park are merely the latest in a long string of attempts to bring down the larger-than-life symbols of racial injustice in the United States. Credit: scupperssf/wikimedia. Junipero Serra statue toppled in downtown L.A. Demonstrators paint ‘slave owner’ on statues and tear them down in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Junipero Serra statue to … The statues were torn down Friday evening from Golden Gate Park, by a group of about 100 people. Activists just toppled the Junipero Serra statue in Golden Gate Park here in San Francisco CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2020 / 09:41 am (CNA).- A statue of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra was toppled in a San Francisco park Friday, along with statues of Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant. Unveiling of Father Junipero Serra statue, Golden Gate Park, Nov. 17, 1907 Date Created and/or Issued 1907 Nov. 17 Contributing Institution San Francisco Public Library Collection San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection Rights Information Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone blesses the crowd June 27 at Golden Gate Park. SAN FRANCISCO — On June 19, the statue of St. Junípero Serra fell to angry protesters inside Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Demonstrators Topple Statues in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park The statues of St. Junípero Serra, Ulysses S. Grant and Francis Scott Key were torn down amid growing debate over the … The statue of Junipero Serra was also toppled Friday ... done to our park last night went far beyond just the statues that were torn down, and included significant damage to Golden Gate Park. Criminal leftists have now torn down a statue of Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar St. Junípero Serra in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Discussion. The statues were torn down Friday evening from Golden Gate Park, by a group of about 100 people. Activists just toppled the Junipero Serra statue in Golden Gate Park here in San Francisco Now … BY CC 2.0 June 20, 2020 Catholic News Agency After the toppling of a statue of St. Junipero Serra in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said that important protests over racial injustice have been “hijacked” by some bent on violence. Video shows a group of people at Golden Gate Park … A group of roughly 100 people pulled down the statues about 8 or 9 p.m., an eyewitness said. A group of nearly 100 people gathered at Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences at a place known as the Music Concourse. The criminal mobs also destroyed statues of Francis Scott Key, the author of the Star Spangled Banner, and, oddly, Union General Ulysses S. Grant. A crowd of about 100 people tore down another St. Junípero Serra statue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park the evening of June 19. The statues of Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key, U.S. Grant laid on the ground in the pre-dawn darkness of Golden Gate Park Saturday, toppled, broken … SAN FRANCISCO – Statues of Fr. A statue of St. Junipero Serra statue that was toppled June 19, 2020, in Golden Gate Park and San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone are seen in this composite photo. Activists toppled the Junipero Serra statue in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco Thread starter Loudninja; Start date Jun 20, 2020; Forums. There, protestors tore down statues of President Ulysses S. Grant, “The Star Spangled Banner” author Francis Scott Key and Father Junipero Serra. The statues were torn down Friday evening from Golden Gate Park, by a group of about 100 people. 2 of 10 The statue of Junipero Serra is pulled to the ground by protestors in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, June 19, 2020. Demonstrators also took down the Junípero Serra statue along with the statue of union general Ulysses S. Grant. I think they also toppled the one of Cervantes. (Dennis Callahan/Catholic San Francisco) June 29, 2020 Nicholas Wolfram Smith | YouTube The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco performed a brief ceremony over the weekend that included an exorcism at a site where protesters tore down a statue of St. Junipero Serra. A statue of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra was toppled in a San Francisco park Friday, along with statues of Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant. Critics have lambasted Serra as a symbol of European colonialism and said the missions engaged in the forced labor of Native Americans, sometimes claiming Fr. On Friday, protesters in Golden Gate Park tore down statues commemorating three historical figures — "Star-Spangled Banner" poet Francis Scott Key, Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant, and Junipero Serra, the architect of California's mission system during Spanish colonization.. Cordileone offered … The statue in Golden Gate Park was first placed in 1907, and was crafted by well-known American sculptor Douglas Tilden. Photo: Jungho Kim / Special to The Chronicle A statue of Catholic missionary St. Junípero Serra was toppled in a San Francisco park Friday, along with statues of Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, head of the archdiocese of San Francisco, stands at the site where Father Junipero Serra's statue once stood in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. At Los Angeles toppling of Junipero Serra statue, activists want full history told ... On Friday, protesters in San Francisco toppled a statue of Serra in Golden Gate Park. Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant were toppled at Golden Gate Park on Friday. Rioters in California destroyed a statue of Father Junipero Serra (not the same one featured in the photo above) on Friday at Golden Gate Park, which comes as far-left activists have engaged in the destruction of monuments across the U.S. for the last couple of weeks. JUNE 20: Park police and neighboring residents survey the damage in Golden Gate Park, Saturday morning, June 20, 2020, after statues of Junipero Serra, … A statue of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra was toppled in a San Francisco park Friday, along with statues of Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant. Junipero Serra statue toppled at Golden Gate Park Group also pulled down Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant monuments . About 120 people gathered that morning to pray the rosary and offer an act of reparation at the site where a statue of Saint Junipero Serra was torn down June 19. The statues were torn down Friday evening from Golden Gate Park, by a group of about 100 people. Statue of St. Junipero Serra in Golden Gate Park. It was the Grant statue at Golden Gate Park. Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key statues toppled in San Francisco Golden Gate Park By Andre Torrez Published 4 hours ago San Francisco KTVU FOX 2 SAN FRANCISCO - Two statues in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park were toppled on Friday, apparently the latest in the global trend of protesters looking to dismantle symbols of racist historical figures. JUNE 20: Park police and neighboring residents survey the damage in Golden Gate Park, Saturday morning, June 20, 2020, after statues of Junipero Serra, … Not a … Photo: Camden Avery/Hoodline. Serra …