Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains
S5 E6 | Set in Stone
Since the racial justice protests of 2020, when most people think of monuments being torn down, they think of confederate statues in the south being toppled from their pedestals. But a Civil War monument to Union soldiers that stood in front of the Colorado capital for more than a hundred years was also pushed over during the protests that followed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. On this episode, we’ll look the ways History Colorado has pioneered a new approach to dealing with controversial monuments. We’ll also take a look at what monuments should mean, the purpose they serve in maintaining our cultural narratives, and the challenges of reframing those monuments as the stories we tell ourselves about the past evolve over time.
Read the transcript at: historycolorado.org/lost-highways/2024/06/10/set-stone
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History Colorado’s critically acclaimed podcast, Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains, expands the history of the American West by exploring how overlooked stories from the past have shaped current world events and continue to impact our lives today. Lost Highways is made possible by the Sturm Family Foundation and a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains
S5 E6 | Set in Stone
Since the racial justice protests of 2020, when most people think of monuments being torn down, they think of confederate statues in the south being toppled from their pedestals. But a Civil War monument to Union soldiers that stood in front of the Colorado capital for more than a hundred years was also pushed over during the protests that followed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. On this episode, we’ll look the ways History Colorado has pioneered a new approach to dealing with controversial monuments. We’ll also take a look at what monuments should mean, the purpose they serve in maintaining our cultural narratives, and the challenges of reframing those monuments as the stories we tell ourselves about the past evolve over time.
Read the transcript at: historycolorado.org/lost-highways/2024/06/10/set-stone
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History Colorado’s critically acclaimed podcast, Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Shadows of the Rocky Mountains, expands the history of the American West by exploring how overlooked stories from the past have shaped current world events and continue to impact our lives today. Lost Highways is made possible by the Sturm Family Foundation and a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
