. . . . . . . . . . . "The Statue of Edward Cornwallis was a bronze sculpture of the military/political figure Edward Cornwallis atop a large granite pedestal with plaques. It had been erected in 1931 in an urban square in the south end of Halifax, Nova Scotia, opposite the Canadian National Railway station. Cornwallis was the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1749\u20131752) and established Halifax in 1749. A Cornwallis Memorial Committee was struck in the 1920s and a statue was raised to pay tribute to Cornwallis and to promote tourism."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2018-01-31"^^ . . . . . . . . . "1097180933"^^ . . . "-63.56962966918945"^^ . . . . . . . . "41112392"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "44.63977813720703"^^ . . . . . . . "Statue of Edward Cornwallis"@en . . "44.63978 -63.56963" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Cornwallis Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"@en . . . . . . "The Statue of Edward Cornwallis was a bronze sculpture of the military/political figure Edward Cornwallis atop a large granite pedestal with plaques. It had been erected in 1931 in an urban square in the south end of Halifax, Nova Scotia, opposite the Canadian National Railway station. Cornwallis was the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1749\u20131752) and established Halifax in 1749. A Cornwallis Memorial Committee was struck in the 1920s and a statue was raised to pay tribute to Cornwallis and to promote tourism. Since the 1980s the existence of the statue has generated significant controversy. For some Mi'kmaq leaders, the statue had come to symbolize the injustices they had suffered through the colonial period, and up to the present day. To many other Nova Scotians, the statue represented the founding of the city and had local historical value. Historian John G. Reid writes that the conflicting viewpoints centred on the issue of historical memory, that is, \"how the past should be publicly remembered.\" In 2018, the statue and pedestal were removed on order of the Halifax Regional Council, citing safety concerns and concerns about the statue being vandalized. A committee has been struck by the Council to determine its future disposition."@en . . . "16910"^^ . . . . "Statue of Edward Cornwallis"@en . "establishing Halifax and British rule of law"@en . . . . . . . "POINT(-63.569629669189 44.639778137207)"^^ . . . "1931-06-22"^^ . . . . .