ID: what to do with unloved Boise courthouse murals? "eBay comes to mind"
From the Times-News:
Idaho lawmakers still undecided on fate of Indian lynching art in old courthouse
Lawmakers haven't yet decided what to do with 26 Depression-era murals - including two depicting the lynching of an American Indian - in an abandoned courthouse slated to house the 2008 and 2009 Idaho Legislatures. Renovation is under way at the old Ada County Courthouse so it can house 105 lawmakers and more state employees for two sessions while the 100-year-old Capitol nearby undergoes a $130 million facelift and expansion...
Some state Indian groups object to murals showing an Indian in garb atypical for Idaho tribes as he's apprehended by two white men, then lynched by two others. The murals were so offensive to one former District Court judge that he concealed them beneath American and Idaho flags when he worked in the building...
I practiced a little in that courthouse, and talked about the murals before.
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You know, I disagree with that. It's history. We're not allowed to brush history under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist because it got embarrassing. Those murals should stay there so that people have to explain how they came to be there, and how we feel about them now. Every damn day.
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