In the first installment in our series on public monuments, filmmaker Bill Streeter moderates a discussion featuring Rabbi Susan Talve, Informal History's Umar Lee, restauranteur Ben Poremba, preservationist/historian Michael Allen and St. Louis Journalism review founder Charles Klotzer. The topic of discussion is St. Louis IX of France — the king, the statue, and the city that bears his name. This critical discussion of Louis IX talks about his antisemitic and anti-Muslim philosophies and actions, what the implies for statuary in public places and whether or not St. Louis should remain .... well, St. Louis.
St. Louis Archdiocese responds to calls to remove statue of city's namesake
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-archdiocese-responds-to-calls-to-remove-statue-of-citys-namesake/article_c436119b-52c9-5245-9222-fd939822c178.html
Archdiocese responds to calls for removal of King Louis IX statue, city to be renamed
https://www.kmov.com/news/activists-religious-community-clash-over-push-for-st-louis-to-be-renamed-statue-removed/article_91f3ad72-b87e-11ea-a865-972000f8ea41.html
Protesters rally both for and against removing King Louis IX statue in Forest Park
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/protesters-rally-both-for-and-against-removing-king-louis-ix-statue-in-forest-park/63-77120fb1-833e-4442-b197-6b81b3fd37a4
Photos: Protest over statue of St. Louis' namesake comes to a head
https://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/pictures/photos-protest-over-statue-of-st-louis-namesake-comes-to-a-head/collection_23d40b35-1b7c-5f86-8cf2-4714ab95ca57.html#tracking-source=home-trending
Catholic Church Opposes Activists' Call To Remove Iconic Statue
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/catholic-church-opposes-activists-call-remove-iconic-statue#stream/0
The Problem With King Louis — and the Statues of a Few Other Statues of Guys We've Admired
https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/the-problem-with-king-louis-and-a-few-other-statues-of-guys-we-ve-admired/article_0ce0e135-9c4d-58c9-b874-f928d2e1ffcf.html
Aimee Leavitt: Down with Louis IX!
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2009/07/29/down-with-king-louis-ix
