Park visitors suddenly see a new statue
(MARCH 1, 2021) Mount Tabor is a park in Portland. Many people visit it. They walk their dogs. They exercise. They play games. They ride their bikes. They sit on the grass.
There was a large statue near the top. It was the statue of a man. The man was Harvey Scott. He was a famous newspaper editor long ago.
Protestors pulled down the statue last October. Last week, someone replaced the old statue with a new one. The new statue is the head of a man named York.
York was a Black person. He was enslaved by an explorer named Clark. Lewis and Clark were two famous explorers of Oregon in the 1800s.
The statue is four feet tall. A sign is below. It describes York. He was the first African American to cross the continent and see the Pacific Ocean.
Who put the new statue there? No one knows yet. But park workers say it can stay.
Rogoway, Mike. “Bust of York, Member of Lewis and Clark Expedition, Appears on Mount Tabor.” Oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2021, www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/02/bust-of-york-member-of-lewis-and-clark-expedition-appears-in-place-of-harvey-scott-statue-on-mount-tabor.html. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
Ryan, Jim. “Statue of Harvey Scott, Former Editor of the Oregonian, Torn down in Mount Tabor.” Oregonlive, 20 Oct. 2020, www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/10/harvey-scott-statue-atop-mount-tabor-torn-down.html. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
Selsky, Andrew. “Bust of Black Hero of Lewis & Clark Trip Mysteriously Appears in Portland Park.” KOMO, 24 Feb. 2021, komonews.com/news/local/bust-of-black-hero-of-lewis-clark-trip-mysteriously-appears-in-portland-park. Accessed 26 Feb. 2021.
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