(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon at the Utah State Capitol. SJR1, a concurrent resolution initiating the replacement of the state's statue of Philo Farnsworth in the United States Capitol with a statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, passes out of the Senate and heads to the House, following discussion in the Senate Chamber in the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Monday January 29, 2018.
Am I the only one who thinks a statue of a polygamist woman in Washington, D.C., equates to the statues of rebel Civil War heroes in the Southern states?
Some things that were once legal, but no longer are, don’t deserve to be honored with a statue in our nation’s Capitol.
Alice Philippi, Salt Lake City
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