On the manicured grounds of Queen’s Park, an imposing statute of Queen Victoria, perched on her throne, reigns over the legislative assembly. Another statue of Queen Victoria, overlooking the Irish parliament, was similarly retired to a Dublin warehouse until monarchists in Sydney, Australia claimed it as their own in 1986. Savouring its independence, India dumped the statue on Ontario — home of the United Empire Loyalists — which granted refuge to the king in 1969. Upon independence, the Irish were less forgiving, faulting Queen Victoria for famine, repression and executions. We are not alone in revisiting our monuments or revising our history, which cannot be frozen in time.

Source: thestar July 20, 2017 00:33 UTC