Carl Schurz joined the German Revolution of 1848, and then emigrated to the United States where he became a very important person in the Republican Party of Lincoln. Anti-slavery and anti-imperialist, his record on Native American affairs remained more mixed. Here he is in Morningside Drive and W.116th St., facing Columbia University with Harlem down below and behind him. I like the rage, the furrowed brow and clenched fist.
Why is his statue in Morningside Park instead of Carl Schurz Park at the East River?
he likes the view up here better?