"Nov. 9, 2011: One of the earliest known references to the meme was posted on a now-archived forum on the website officer.com.
The original poster, a Connecticut lawyer, wrote in the forum that it was intended
“for those dealing with occupy movements and so forth.”
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Willamette Week Jan. 19
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"In a letter delivered to Commissioner Carmen Rubio on Sept. 28, the business and arts leaders said they agreed with an op-ed by Portland lawyer Aubrey Russell that decried the statue decision as rushed and secretive.
The letter’s signatories include two significant downtown property owners—Greg Goodman and Jordan Schnitzer—as well as Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle and Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale."
https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/10/08/thomas-lauderdale-and-tim-boyle-rise-to-the-defense-of-teddy-roosevelt/
"A statue of US President Theodore Roosevelt that sat in front of a New York museum for nearly 80 years was removed this week after criticism over its "racial" image.
The sculpture, which was located at the American Museum of Natural History, featured the 26th president on horseback with a Native American man and an African man on either side of him."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnn.com/style/amp/theodore-roosevelt-statue-removed-nyc-arts-trnd/index.html
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