The Campaign to Erect A Statue of Oderus Urungus of GWAR Nearly Reaches 50k Signatures


A fan-launched campaign to replace the controversial Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia with a statue of late GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus has garnered more than 48,000 signatures, with a goal of 50,000. The Confederate general died in 1870, 20 years before his statue was erected on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. Launched on June 12, the Change.org petition seeks to have the “racist” landmark replaced with a tribute to the GWAR co-founder and longtime leader, whose real name was Dave Brockie.

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