In June 2020 the equestrian statue of Teddy Roosevelt was slated to take a rough ride from the steps of the entrance of NYC’s American Museum of Natural History into oblivion. — “The statue was meant to celebrate Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as a devoted naturalist and author of works on natural history…. At the same time, the statue itself communicates a racial hierarchy that the Museum and members of the public have long found disturbing,” according to the museum’s website.