Leftists Call for ‘Melting’ Statue of Former California Mayor for Planting American Flag During Mexican-American War

Thomas Fallon was a soldier in the Mexican-American War and a mayor of San Jose, California, but now left-wing activists are calling for “melting” the bronze statue erected in his honor because they believe he was a racist and a white supremacist. He planted an American flag in 1846 into the city’s soil to claim the land for the United States. A website that catalogs “interesting” locations around the world wrote about the controversy:-- More...