NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — New Bedford’s latest piece of public art will honor its legacy as the Whaling City: a statue of “Moby-Dick” author Herman Melville. The city kicked off its annu ...

Here’s everything you need to know: Honoring a legend: Sculptor selected for New Bedford’s statue of Herman Melville at historic Seamen’s Bethel Voted in through a ballot question in ...

She also applauded the removal of the statue of another racist, but less widely-known, figure from America’s history. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Nathan Bedford Forrest was a ...