I made a special stop today to inspect the vandalism to the Pocahontas memorial on London Road. The head and head-dress of the princess have been overpainted completely in black as have most of the flying feathers. It has been quite carefully done and I suspect is a deliberate statement against slavery or colonialism or racism or something. The usual, born of complete ignorance of a celebration which took place in 2017 with complete love and respect. Pocahontas was also celebrated at the same time in Gravesend and there was an international conference of academic historians in London too. I wonder what Claire Duncan, the local ceramicist who created this lovely piece, must be thinking? Does anyone else know anything about this? Are the police involved?

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Pocahontas	23/03/24 13:35:00	Mike Paterson
Re:Pocahontas	23/03/24 13:53:00	Anne England
Re:Re:Pocahontas	23/03/24 14:14:00	Mike Paterson
Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	23/03/24 14:58:00	Richard Williams
Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	23/03/24 15:30:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	24/03/24 11:26:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	24/03/24 16:20:00	David Cook
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	24/03/24 16:14:00	Mike Paterson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	25/03/24 10:24:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	25/03/24 17:29:00	Keith Iddon
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	26/03/24 09:48:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	26/03/24 11:19:00	Keith Iddon
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	26/03/24 11:21:00	Keith Iddon
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	27/03/24 13:09:00	David Cook
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pocahontas	28/03/24 15:45:00	Valerie Bott
Re:Pocahontas	29/03/24 12:22:00	Mike Paterson

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