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2002, Inauguration of the Maroon Memorial
2010, Le Mémorial du Nèg Mawon est retiré
In order to carry out town planning work, the monument was removed from the public space
2014, The Maroon Memorial is reinstalled
The Memorial has been relocated to the center of the traffic circle at the entrance to the town, making immediate access more difficult
2017, Racist Attack of the Maroon Memorial
The monument was attacked in 2017, and marked with two symbols of white supremacism: a swastika and the Algiz. This attack is denounced and condemned by the municipality for “insulting the victims of slavery, the victims of Nazi barbarism and intelligence”
2020, Photo Challenge “Take a picture with the ‘Maroon’ Memorial statue”
The Collectif Moun Gwadloup, after repainting the Maroon statue with gold paint, created a “#Bayloaychallenge”, open to citizens, inviting them to take a photo next to the statue “restored” by the collective, publishing it on Facebook, with a view to supporting the association's action
2020, The Maroon statue receives white paint
Memorial statue covered in white paint, presumably as a racist attack