The landing site of Raffles is marked by his statue created by a British sculptor named Thomas Woolner. It is found alongside the Singapore River close to Victoria Concert Hall though it was originally erected at the Padang. The statue symbolizes that Raffles was not only the one who founded Singapore but created it as well. The history of Singapore is seen as a nation who was founded by a colonizer in the 1819s and any other history predating that is deemed unknown or irrelevant.
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