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• 2008, Panneau présentant la statue du général Leclerc
  The panel explains the history of the statue and its location. It also indicates that General Leclerc was sent to "pacify" Haiti in 1802.
• 2018, All Souls College installs a plaque to commemorate the enslaved people on the Codrington plantations
  The plaque was installed at the entrance to the College Library. Its text reads as follows: 'In Memory of Those Who Worked in Slavery on the Codrington Plantations in the West Indies'
• 2018, Bristol City Council makes planning application to add a second plaque to the Colston Statue
• 2019, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees vetoes plans for second plaque to Colston statue over wording dispute
• 2020, Interpretation board placed by the former plinth of the William Huskisson statue
  The text on the interpretation board reads as follows: "William Huskisson 1770–1830 whose statue once stood on this plinth was MP for Liverpool from 1823 to his death in 1830. He first entered parliament in 1796 and as M.P. for Liskeard voted for the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. During his time representing Liverpool many of his supporters in the town were plantation owners and were not in favour of an end to slavery in Britain’s colonies. These pro-planter sentiments led Huskisson to oppose the abolition of slavery; and in 1826, rather than support calls for immediate abolition, Huskisson championed the passing of the Consolidated Slave Law, introduced as a compromise between those agitating for the abolition of slavery and the planters who wanted to maintain it. Huskisson did not live to see the abolition, he was killed on the 15 September 1830 whilst attending the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Slavery was finally abolished by the British in 1834. In the early hours of July 22, 1982, the statue was removed from the plinth by a group of activists offended at Huskisson’s role in supporting slavery."
• 2021, Oriel College, Oxford installs a contextualisation plaque at the base of the Rhodes statue
  The text of the plaque reads as follows: This building was constructed by Oriel College in 1909-11 with money left in the will of Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), a former student of the college. The college commissioned a series of statues to front the building which included Rhodes at the top. Rhodes, a committed British colonialist, obtained his fortune through exploitation of minerals, land, and peoples of southern Africa. Some of his activities led to great loss of life and attracted criticism in his day and ever since. In recent years, the statue has become a focus for public debate on racism and the legacy of colonialism. In June 2020, Oriel College declared its wish to remove the statue but is not doing so following legal and regulatory advice.
• 2022, Shropshire Museums submits final report to West Midlands Museums Development
  After completion of work on the reinterpretation of the statue of Robert Clive in the market square in Shrewsbury, Shropshire Museums submitted a final report to their funder for the project, the West Midlands Museums Development.
• 2023, Ajout d’un panneau informatif par la Mairie de Périgueux
  La mairie de Périgueux installe un panneau informatif en couleur portant sur la figure du maréchal Bugeaud ainsi que sur la place sur laquelle la statue est installée, à la date anniversaire des 170 ans de l'installation du monument.
• 2023, Installation of an interpretation board by the Redvers Buller statue
  The interpretation board, titled 'Buller's statue: Views of Empire', details the places and times where Redvers Buller was posted during his imperial career, as well as a range of historical and contemporary voices commenting on colonial history and its legacies today. The sites and conflicts listed on the board comprise of Devon (1839), India (1858), China (1860), Canada (1870) Ashanti (1873-1874), the South African Wars (1878/79), Egypt (1882), Sudan (1884-1885), Ireland (1886-1887), Army Headquarters and War Office (1890s), the Second South Africa War (1900), and Exeter (1905). Some of the historical voices featured include Louis Riel, Frances Colenso, and Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. There are also comments from Exeter residents of Ashanti and Sudanese heritage on aspects of Buller's legacy today.
• 2024, New plaques for the statue of Leclerc, Pontoise
  Two temporary panels have been installed at the foot of the statue, with the text requested from the Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage.