Houser, John Shererill – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:36:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Onate, Juan de https://equestrianstatue.org/onate-juan-de-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1770 Today, Oñate remains a controversial figure in New Mexican history: in 1998, the right foot was cut off a statue of the conquistador that stands in Alcalde, New Mexico, in protest of the massacre, and significant controversy arose when a large equestrian statue of Oñate was erected in El Paso, Texas, in 2006.  photographer unknown

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