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FILE - In this June 23, 2020, file photo, Wisconsin's &quot;Forward&quot; statue lies in the street on Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin has received $60,000 in federal grants to pay for the restoration of two statues outside the state Capitol that were torn down and damaged by protesters this summer, Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (Emily Hamer/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Wisconsin gets $60,000 to restore Capitol statues

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 23, 2020 file photo, Wisconsin's &quot;Forward&quot; statue lies in the street on Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. Demonstrators who toppled statues this week honoring Hans Christian Heg, a Civil War abolitionist, and the state's &quot;Forward&quot; motto say they went after the sculptures because they wanted to shatter a false narrative that the state and the city support Black people and have achieved racial equity. (Emily Hamer/Wisconsin State Journal via AP File)

Race relations in Wisconsin capital are a tale of 2 cities

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

Wisconsin's &quot;Forward&quot; statue lies in the street on Capitol Square in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Crowds outside the Wisconsin State Capitol tore down two statues and attacked a state senator amid protests following the arrest of a Black man who shouted at restaurant customers through a megaphone while carrying a baseball bat. (Emily Hamer/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Targeted sculptures linked to Wisconsin, Civil War history

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press