Protestors using ropes to pull down the Harry Truman statue in Athens

The Harry Truman Statue: The Most “Bullied” Statue in Athens

The English poet “Alexander Pope once said, “Monuments like men submit to fate.” For the Harry Truman statue in Athens, this includes being pulled down, set alight, shot at, painted with graffiti, bombed, and almost everything in between. Since its unveiling on the 29th of May 1963, the Harry Truman statue in central Athens has …

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