Statue of Thomas Jefferson removed from New York’s City Hall

A statue of Thomas Jefferson, the country's 3rd president, was removed from New York's City Hall connected Monday.

The Associated Press reports that the New York City Public Design Commission voted successful November to region the statue aft metropolis assembly members objected to its beingness due to the fact that Jefferson owned slaves.

The statue volition beryllium connected show astatine the New-York Historical Society. The depository says it volition supply discourse astir the 3rd president's "complicated legacy."

The White House describes Jefferson arsenic a "spokesman for democracy" and the "principal writer of the Declaration of Independence."

The statue was donated to the metropolis successful 1834, according to The Associated Press. It's modeled aft the bronze statue that is presently successful the Capitol rotunda successful Washington, D.C.