/tags/our-edwardsville Our Edwardsville en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:00:01 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-06-29/how-edwardsville-residents-are-grappling-with-their-citys-controversial-namesake Two historians discuss Ninian Edwards' significance to the history of Illinois amid the ongoing efforts in Edwardsville to remove a statue of the city’s namesake. Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:00:01 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-06-29/how-edwardsville-residents-are-grappling-with-their-citys-controversial-namesake Lara Hamdan /culture-history/2021-06-22/controversial-statue-will-go-from-pedestal-to-ground-level-in-edwardsville-city-plaza Some residents in the city had asked for the bronze depiction of Ninian Edwards to be removed entirely because he owned enslaved people. Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:26:27 GMT /culture-history/2021-06-22/controversial-statue-will-go-from-pedestal-to-ground-level-in-edwardsville-city-plaza Teri Maddox /government-politics-issues/2020-12-13/ninian-edwards-statue-staying-put-for-now A controversial bronze statue of Ninian Edwards will, for the time being, remain where it is installed, in a small plaza near Edwardsville's city center. The statue, the plaza and Edwards’ slavery legacy became the focus of protests during the global Black Lives Matter movement this summer. Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:11:33 GMT /government-politics-issues/2020-12-13/ninian-edwards-statue-staying-put-for-now Eric Schmid