斯波坎市议会在经过十年的辩论后批准了为海军官员设立一个雕像. Spokane council approves moving statue honoring naval officer after decade of debate.

斯波坎市议会批准拆除一个纪念在萨摩亚死亡的美国海军官员的城镇雕像, 在此后近十年来一直存在关于其种族不敏感的铭文的争论. The Spokane City Council has approved the removal of a downtown statue honoring a U.S. naval officer who died in Samoa, following nearly a decade of debate over its racially insensitive inscriptions. 城市同意将纪念碑搬迁到私人陵墓, 但具体时间表尚未公布. The city agreed to move the monument to a private mausoleum, but the specific timeline for its removal has not been announced.