SPOKANE, Wash – A years-long discussion about what to do with a statue in downtown Spokane could end at Monday night’s city council meeting, as council members vote on the removal of the John R. Monaghan statue.
The statue was placed at Riverside and Monroe in 1906, honoring one of Spokane’s earliest pioneers.
The Spokane Historical Society says Monaghan was one of the first students to attend Gonzaga University. He joined the Navy and was involved in the conquest of Samoa in1899…