Noose Found Hanging From Tree Outside DC Museum

A noose was found hanging from a tree outside the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Washington, D.C., early Friday evening, according to authorities. A criminal investigation is underway. Suggested Reading Three Friends Were Headed To A Beyoncรฉ Concert, But One Dies On the Way. Guess What The Other Two Did Next? Our Fave Moments…

A noose was found hanging from a tree outside the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Washington, D.C., early Friday evening, according to authorities. A criminal investigation is underway.

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The Washington Post reports that the museum had been closed for about an hour when a security guard discovered the noose and called the U.S. Park Police.

โ€œThe Smithsonian is committed to be a welcoming, inclusive, and safe place for all,โ€ Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton wrote in an email to his staff. โ€œI know you join me in deploring this act.โ€

The traditionally racist symbol is a world away from Yoko Onoโ€™s โ€œWish Treeโ€ exhibit, which was at the museum last summer. With that work, people wrote wishes that were hung from a treeโ€™s branches before becoming part of Onoโ€™s โ€œImagine Peace Towerโ€ in Iceland.

Wishes or bodies? Wishes or bodies? Iโ€™ll go with ... wishes!

Read more at the Washington Post.

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