| Goddess of Democracy | |
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 The statue in 2019 | |
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| Medium | Sculpture |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| 37°47′41″N122°24′19″W / 37.794653°N 122.405201°W Coordinates: 37°47′41″N122°24′19″W / 37.794653°N 122.405201°W | |
Goddess of Democracy is a replica of the original Goddess of Democracy statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, installed in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California. [1] The sculpture stands in Portsmouth Square.
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