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For decades, members Richmond's Italian-American community gathered near the statue on the eve of Columbus Day to celebrate Columbus and their culture. [4] During the 2010s, the statue was repeatedly vandalized; these vandalizations coincided with increased opposition to Columbus Day and efforts to recognize indigenous peoples. [5]
The 8-foot-tall statue, which was made in 1925, previously stood in Richmond, Va., but became part of a backlash against controversial historical figures and was defaced by protesters in 2020.
After the J. E. B. Stuart statue was removed, the Robert E. Lee statue became the last remaining Confederate monument located on Richmond's Monument Avenue. [182] Stonewall Jackson Monument: Richmond: Virginia June 3, 2020 July 1, 2020 Removed by City of Richmond Planned removal of the four Confederate monuments on city land. [181] [183]
Statue of Christopher Columbus (Richmond, Virginia) (1927). Statue toppled, thrown into lake, recovered and put in storage June 10, 2020. Washington State.
Two Christopher Columbus statues in different cities were vandalized overnight as calls mount for the contentious monuments to be taken down. In Richmond, Virginia, the statue in downtown's Byrd ...
Video showed a group of demonstrators in Byrd Park pulling the felled statue along the ground, draped in a burning American flag and covered in red paint. Columbus, an Italian explorer, arrived in ...
Statue of Christopher Columbus (Richmond, Virginia) ... Jefferson Davis Memorial (Richmond, Virginia) John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame; John Marshall Birthplace Park; K.
In 2020, a Columbus statue in Richmond, Virginia, was torn down by protesters, set on fire and thrown into a lake. In 2022, a Columbus statue was removed from the California Capitol rotunda.