Statue of Kate Smith

Statue of Kate Smith
Statue of Kate Smith
	The statue in 2017
Artist
Year	1987
Medium	Bronze sculpture
Subject	Kate Smith
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

A statue of singer Kate Smith (1907-1986) by Marc Mellon^[1]^[2] was installed outside Philadelphia's Xfinity Live!, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, until 2019.^[3] The 8-foot (2.4 m) bronze sculpture was commissioned by the Philadelphia Flyers and unveiled on October 8, 1987.^[4] It was placed into storage in 2010 because of the demolition of the Spectrum arena.^[5]

On April 21, 2019, the statue was removed due to the Flyers denouncing music performed by Smith. Some of her other recordings had racist lyrics and the Flyers did not want to promote Kate Smith's legacy due to this fact.^[6]

References[]

^ "The Philadelphia Flyers plan to erect..." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Tornoe, Rob. "Flyers cover Kate Smith statue, dump 'God Bless America' over past racist songs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
^ "Kate Smith statue removed, Flyers ax her 'God Bless America' after racist songs come to light". NBC Sports Philadelphia. 2019-04-19. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
^ Winkler, Sheldon (2019-05-08). The Music of World War II: War Songs and Their Stories. ISBN 978-0-359-64779-8. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
^ "Kate Smith Goes Into Storage As Spectrum Demolition Nears". 2010-10-28. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
^ Levenson, By Doug Criss, Jill Martin and Eric (2019-04-21). "The Philadelphia Flyers remove a statue of Kate Smith over her racist songs". CNN. Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

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[1] "The Philadelphia Flyers plan to erect..." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Tornoe, Rob. "Flyers cover Kate Smith statue, dump 'God Bless America' over past racist songs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

[3] "Kate Smith statue removed, Flyers ax her 'God Bless America' after racist songs come to light". NBC Sports Philadelphia. 2019-04-19. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

[4] Winkler, Sheldon (2019-05-08). The Music of World War II: War Songs and Their Stories. ISBN 978-0-359-64779-8. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

[5] "Kate Smith Goes Into Storage As Spectrum Demolition Nears". 2010-10-28. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2020-06-11.

[6] Levenson, By Doug Criss, Jill Martin and Eric (2019-04-21). "The Philadelphia Flyers remove a statue of Kate Smith over her racist songs". CNN. Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

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Statue of Kate Smith

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