Vandals painted white supremacist insignias on a mural honoring tennis champion and Richmond native Arthur Ashe Jr. in Battery Park. When the vandalism was discovered Oct. 21, the city then covered up the graffiti with black paint to hide the racist tags.
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Artist vows to restore vandalized Ashe mural in Battery Park
“We’re planning to make it bigger and better,” vowed Sir James Thornhill, the lead artist in creating a mural honoring to the late tennis great, humanitarian and Richmond native Arthur Ashe Jr. in Battery Park in North Side.
