John Wayne Statue | John Wayne Airport, Orange County
WEBJohn Wayne Statue. Orange County Airport was renamed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on June 20, 1979, to honor the late John Wayne. To commemorate the Airport's namesake, the John Wayne Associates commissioned sculptor Robert Summers to create a bronze statue of “The Duke.”.
Whatever happened to John Wayne statue? - Valley Roadrunner
WEBJul 9, 2020 · Question: After reading news reports and seeing TV stories about a controversy over the naming of John Wayne Airport in Orange County and removing a statue of him from that location, I wondered whatever happened to the statue of the actor that was supposed to come to Valley Center years ago.
Leaders want John Wayne name, statue gone from Orange County airport
WEBJun 29, 2020 · The Democratic Party of Orange County, California, is pushing to remove John Wayne's name and statue from the county's airport because of racist and bigoted comments the film legend made.
John Wayne Airport: Democrats want it renamed after quotes from ... - CNN
WEBJun 28, 2020 · CNN — Democrats in Orange County, California, are done with The Duke, and they want John Wayne’s name and likeness stripped from the county’s airport. The pols cite Wayne’s professed...
John Wayne Airport - Wikipedia
WEBA statue of John Wayne was installed at the airline terminal in 1982. [7] ... After the Orange County Airport was renamed John Wayne Airport on June 20, 1979, [15] the John Wayne Associates commissioned sculptor Robert Summers to create a bronze statue of "the Duke". The 9-foot (2.7 m) statue, created at …
Column: It’s time to take John Wayne’s name off the Orange County airport
WEBFeb 21, 2019 · Orange County today is such an economically and ethnically diverse community that it’s hard to justify asking any member of that community to board planes at an airport named after an...
Orange County Democrats push to have John Wayne's name and statue …
WEBJun 29, 2020 · Santa Ana, California — In the latest move to change place names in light of U.S. racial history, leaders of Orange County's Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John...
Calls to rename John Wayne airport and remove statue over …
WEBJun 29, 2020 · John Wayne's name and statue should be removed from Orange County's airport in California because of racist comments, local politicians are demanding. An emergency resolution has been passed condemning the actor's remarks made in a 1971 interview, when he said he believed "in white supremacy".
John Wayne’s name on California airport faces new scrutiny
WEBJun 29, 2020 · In the latest move to change place names in light of U.S. racial history, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend Wayne’s name, statue and other likenesses from the county’s airport because of his racist and bigoted comments.
Here's why John Wayne's name and statue could be removed …
WEBJun 30, 2020 · Democratic Party politicians are calling to drop John Wayne’s name, statue, and other likenesses from Orange County’s airport in California, over racist and bigoted comments made by the...
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