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==Legacy== In the 1980s, San Jose Mayor [[Tom McEnery]] had the city commission a statue of Fallon raising the U.S. flag in San Jose at a cost of over $800,000. The statue was completed in 1988, and was scheduled to be located in the City Park Plaza (now known as [[Plaza de César Chávez]]) near the site of the flag raising. However local groups, including [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic Americans]], protested that Fallon represented American imperialism and repression of the Mexican population. The statue was stored until 2002, when it was finally displayed in Pellier Park northwest of the original proposed location, near Julian and St. James Streets.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facility Directory Table List {{!}} City of San Jose|url=https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/2741/34?npage=16|access-date=2020-10-21|website=www.sanjoseca.gov|archive-date=2020-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024212604/https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/2741/34?npage=16|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, such criticisms were revived in the [[Reactions to the murder of George Floyd|aftermath]] to the [[murder of George Floyd]] and more specifically to the grand jury's decision over the [[shooting of Breonna Taylor]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Gabbert|first=Lorraine|date=2020-10-20|title=San Jose mayor wants to know what to do about controversial Fallon statue|url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-mayor-wants-to-know-what-to-do-about-controversial-fallon-statue/|access-date=2020-12-25|work=[[San José Spotlight]]|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126175520/https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-mayor-wants-to-know-what-to-do-about-controversial-fallon-statue/|url-status=live}}</ref> On the day of the grand jury's decision and following evening, peaceful protests occurred in San Jose around the same area where the statue is located. However, some protesters surrounded the statue, vandalized it including with anti-police messages, and then set it on fire.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-24|title=Dismay over Breonna Taylor spills onto streets, includes burning statue in San Jose|url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/dismay-over-breonna-taylor-spills-onto-streets-includes-burning-statue-in-san-jose|access-date=2020-12-25|website=KTVU FOX 2|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230164642/https://www.ktvu.com/news/dismay-over-breonna-taylor-spills-onto-streets-includes-burning-statue-in-san-jose|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=ABC7 News|date=2020-09-25|title=Statue of former SJ mayor vandalized, set on fire during protest|url=https://abc7news.com/6545556/|access-date=2020-12-25|website=ABC7 San Francisco|language=en|archive-date=2020-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201130216/https://abc7news.com/6545556/|url-status=live}}</ref> Then San Jose mayor [[Sam Liccardo]] talked with historians and community leaders and residents on what to do with the statue.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> It was ultimately removed April 24, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sokoloff |first=Larry Sokoloff, Bay City |date=September 5, 2024 |orig-date=September 5, 2024 |title=San Jose historic houses abut modern downtown marketplace |url=https://localnewsmatters.org/2024/09/04/san-jose-historic-houses-abut-modern-downtown-meeting-eating-place/ |access-date=November 3, 2024 |website=Local News Matters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Lauren |date=July 21, 2024 |orig-date=July 21, 2024 |title=Removal of controversial Thomas Fallon statue in San Jose begins - ABC7 San Francisco |url=https://abc7news.com/san-jose-statue-thomas-fallon-removal-mayor/13152493/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721105608/https://abc7news.com/san-jose-statue-thomas-fallon-removal-mayor/13152493/ |archive-date=2024-07-21 }}</ref> The city will keep it unless a museum or educational institution requests it.<ref>{{cite news |last=Greschler|first=Gabriel|date=25 April 2023|title=Infamous San Jose statue of Thomas Fallon is taken down|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/25/infamous-san-jose-statue-of-thomas-fallon-is-taken-down/|url-status=live |work=The Mercury News |location=Bay Area News Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426165919/https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/25/infamous-san-jose-statue-of-thomas-fallon-is-taken-down/ |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>
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