A week later, the Grant Park Columbus statue was removed, to the cheers of people who said monuments to Columbus are insults to Indigenous Americans. A Columbus statue in Arrigo Park at Polk and Loomis streets in Little Italy, and a third statue that was part of a fountain at 92nd Street and Exchange Avenue followed soon afterward.

Some Chicago aldermen are renewing efforts to reinstall statues, including monuments of Christopher Columbus, that were removed in 2020.

Some Chicago aldermen are renewing efforts to reinstall statues, including monuments of Christopher Columbus, that were removed in 2020.