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Reagan Library Pulls Quilts from DisplayTwo quilts were pulled from a display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, recently after some visitors complained that one depicted scenes of violence and the other glorified Nazism. Library Director Mark Hunt said in the June 4 Los Angeles Times that he removed the quilts because "we didn't want any sort of controversy to overshadow the exhibit." The quilt perceived as too violent depicts a character named Sunbonnet Sue meeting her demise in a number of outrageous ways, including as a Heaven's Gate cultist in black Nike sneakers. The Kansas quilters who made it claimed they wanted to satirize the stereotypical farm-girl image. The second quilt, created more than 60 years ago, depicts Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic solo flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, with the propeller—coincidentally, according to its quilter—in the shape of a swastika in red, white, and blue. Posted June 8, 1998. |
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