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The nationally divisive controversy over statues and monuments, here in Rhode Island over Christopher Columbus and Commodore Esek Hopkins, has forced me to confess that I took down Rhode Island ...
The bust of Columbus was commissioned after a local Italian immigrant, Antonio Palumbo, wanted to give a token of appreciation to the city of Lancaster. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Initially wanting to share his Italian heritage with a statue of Christopher Columbus, a fundraiser only brought in sufficient funds to pay for an over-sized bust. [ 2 ]
One month later, an equestrian statue of King George III was erected. It was executed by the British sculptor Joseph Wilton. [3] Commissioned in 1764 and cast in lead covered with gold leaf, the Neoclassical statue showed King George dressed in Roman garb astride a horse, the whole effect being reminiscent of the Marcus Aurelius statue in Rome.
[7] [8] The statue was again vandalized with paint in 2015 and 2017, raising questions in the media as to the appropriateness of honoring Columbus with a public statue. [9] In October 2019, the statue was splashed with red paint, and a sign reading "stop celebrating genocide" was leaned against the pedestal, again prompting local controversy. [10]
A 100-year-old statue of Christopher Columbus that was defaced and uprooted during 2020 protests in Virginia has been proudly put back on display just outside New York City.
A judge has ruled that a statue of Christopher Columbus may remain in its spot in a South Philadelphia plaza, reversing a the city’s decision to have it removed in wake of protests sparked by ...
Christopher Columbus Statue (1970, 1986, 1995) located at Columbus Plaza (W. Main Street and Lawrence Hill Rd.) Lackawanna. Bust of Christopher Columbus (1940) located at Bethlehem Park, Madison Ave. Lindenhurst. Columbus Monument (1991) 7-foot-tall monument [186] Mahopac. Christopher Columbus Statue (1992) located at Thompson & McAlpin Streets ...
Philadelphia's mayor said he is "disappointed" that a court ordered the city to remove a plywood box covering a statue of Christopher Columbus.