To protect it from the destructive ire of Black Lives Matter, a statue of Winston Churchill in London was recently covered up:
June 15, 2020, London, UK. The Sir Winston Churchill Statue in Parliament Square remains boarded up. Several Monuments and statues were boarded up ahead of this weekends protests (Credit Image: © George Cracknell Wright / London News Pictures via ZUMA Wire)
There was some speculation over whether the statue would be taken down, as is often done in the United States, but today, Sir Winston was “unboxed.”
June 17, 2020, London, UK: Workers begin the deconstruction of the boarding around the Winston Churchill statue on Parliament Square, London. (Credit Image: © Victoria Jones / PA Wire via ZUMA Press)
Credit Image: © Yui Mok/PA Wire via ZUMA Press
Credit Image: © Yui Mok / PA Wire via ZUMA Press
Credit Image: © Yui Mok / PA Wire via ZUMA Press
Credit Image: © Yui Mok / PA Wire via ZUMA Press
At least for now, the Lion is back.
