Remnants of the John C Calhoun Monument in Marion Square, Charleston, South Carolina - Wade Hampton III Memorial
NEVER FORGET!!! Visiting the remnants of the John C. Calhoun Monument shortly after the Maoists destroyed it in Talibanesque fashion in Charleston, South Carolina! (see video in comment section). This base was removed shortly after these photos were taken on Sept 25, 2020. This beautiful monument was a 115-foot-tall monument in Charleston, South Carolina’s Marion Square with a statue depicting John C. Calhoun on top. Erected in 1896 by the Ladies’ Calhoun Monument Association (LCMA) after decades of fundraising, the monument was the pride of the city for well over a century. On June 23, 2020, Charleston City Council voted to remove the statue. The pedestal/column was actually toppled and came crashing down on June 24, 2020. The statue’s current location is undisclosed, with no museum, including the Charleston Museum, agreeing to house it as of October 2020. In 2022, the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia discussed an “extended loan agreement” to store and contextualize it,...