A Newton Falls, Ohio, official has proclaimed the city a 'Statuary Sanctuary City,' giving amnesty to unwanted statues from across the country.
In a declaration of independence of sorts, Newton Falls City Manager David Lynch on July 4th proclaimed the city a"Statuary Sanctuary City," giving amnesty to unwanted statues from across the country.In a letter, Lynch decreed that the city, 56 miles east of Cleveland, take in statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S.
The day Lynch released his letter, protestors in Baltimore toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the Inner Harbor, according to CNN affiliate WBAL -- one of many disputed status that have come down in recent days.Read MoreApart from a Statue of Liberty, Newton Falls doesn't currently have any other statues, Lynch said.CNN reached out to the city's mayor, Kenneth Kline, but he declined to comment.Confederate statues are coming down following George Floyd's death.
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