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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 ...
[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]
The Christopher Columbus Memorial Association was then established and chapters in Minneapolis–Saint Paul and the Iron Range raised funds from Italian Americans for a statue. [1] The statue was originally conceived as a way to counter discrimination against Italian Americans , who were considered outsiders by the earlier, predominantly ...
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.
The statue was fabricated from heavy sheet copper by W. H. Mullins of Salem, Ohio in 1892. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The gift of Italian-Americans, the statue was installed in 1892 in Wooster Square. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An October 12, 1892 article in the New Haven Register described the time capsule that was placed under the statue: "The corner stone will hold a ...
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.
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 ]
Two statues of Christopher Columbus, one in Richmond, Va., and the other in Boston, were destroyed by protestors overnight. In Richmond, numerous videos of the incident show demonstrators pulling ...