Save British Heritage by protecting monuments of historical characters.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop a knee-jerk reaction to the "Black Lives Matter" campaign from destroying monuments, which may include works of art such as statues, paintings, and sculptures of historical figures.

Whatever crimes or actions of historical figures may, quite understandably, be considered heinous by today's standards, history cannot be re-written by destroying works of art by way of apology.

By taking such destructive action to appease or excuse the part played by our predecessors sets an extremely dangerous precedent.

For example:

Many of our cathedrals contain tombs of crusaders, whose actions, might well offend our Muslim communities. Should these be destroyed as well?

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

9 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jun 2020

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