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On July 31, 2020, the Drake Fountain Columbus statue, which was also the last Christopher Columbus monument in Chicago, was removed for an undisclosed period. The Mayor's office released a statement claiming "Following public safety concerns over planned demonstrations similar to the one in Grant Park two weeks ago, the city has temporarily relocated the Christopher Columbus statue at Drake ...
The statue was vandalized on June 13, 2020, during the George Floyd protests. [6] After an incident on July 17, 2020, where protestors attempted to topple the work and a number of injuries occurred during a confrontation with police, [7] the statue was removed in the early morning hours of July 24, by order of Chicago's Mayor Lori Lightfoot. [3]
Statue removed by city after fires set by protesters seriously damaged its base. Base has been mostly dismantled. [377] [378] [379] Statue of George Whitefield: Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Jul 2, 2020: Whitefield was a supporter of slavery. [380] Statue of Frederick Douglass: Rochester: New York — Jul 5, 2020: Torn down by unknown perpetrators ...
Multiple sources tell ABC7 Eyewitness News that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is planning to have crews remove the statues of Christopher Columbus from Grant Park and Little Italy.
Three years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles ...
Chicago. Christopher Columbus Statue (1892) located at South Chicago and Exchange Avenues, South Chicago, Chicago Temporarily removed by orders of Mayor Lori Lightfoot on July 31, 2020. At the time, it was the last known Columbus monument which wasn't removed. [175] Christopher Columbus Statue (1893) located in Arrigo Park. Removed on July 24 ...
In conjunction with the fair, Chicago's Italian-American community raised funds and donated the statue of the Genoese navigator and explorer, Christopher Columbus. [41] It was removed on July 24, 2020 by order of Mayor Lori Lightfoot amid the George Floyd protests in Chicago and the deployment of federal forces to Chicago over Lightfoot's ...
In this Oct. 14, 2019, file photo, a sign reading “stop celebrating genocide” sits at the base of a statue of Christopher Columbus in Providence, R.I., after it was vandalized with red paint.