Historians Marvin-Alonzo Greer, Lindsey Manshack and Nick Sacco join Informal History’s Liz Wolfson and Stef Russell to talk about public monuments, including confederate statues and Tower Grove Park’s recently removed Columbus statue. Does removing them “erase history?” What do we do with complicated figures like Grant? What’s the difference between a monument and a memorial? This episode, which streamed live in front of an audience on June 30, is the second installment in our series on public monuments. For info on past and future episodes, as well as info on our print zine, go to http://www.informalhistorystl.com. If you want to help support the work we do, go to https://www.patreon.com/Informalhistory.

The Panelists:

Marvin-Alonzo Greer is an historical interpreter and public historian concentrating on using immersive history to begin community dialogue.

Twitter: @magthehistorian

Instagram: @magthehistorian

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Nick Sacco is a public historian and writer.

Twitter: @NickSacco55

Exploring the Past
https://pastexplore.wordpress.com/about/

St. Louis Anthology
https://beltpublishing.com/products/st-louis-anthology

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Lindsey Manshack (Choctaw Apache Tribe of Ebarb) is a Research Manager at the Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University in St Louis.

Twitter: @LindseyManshack

Illuminative Native Education for All Initiative
https://illuminatives.org/native-education-for-all-2/

Alliance for Native Programs and Initiatives
https://www.nativealliance.org/about

Lindsey’s Speakers Bureau page, where orgs can request the “Then and Now: American Indian Representation in Missouri” presentation: https://shsmo.org/speakers-bureau/speakers/lindsey-kaye-manshack