A week later, the Grant Park Columbus statue was removed, to the cheers of people who said monuments to Columbus are insults ...
The Chicago alderman said the city has defended other controversial artwork and feels the monuments should receive the same treatment.
Across the country, a number of statues have been removed since 2018 over the controversial subject and the national holiday of Columbus Day is increasingly known as Indigenous People's Day.
Columbus Day has become one of the more controversial ... Over the summer, at least one statue of Columbus was toppled in Baltimore amidst protests calling for racial justice, reparations, and ...
Condemning what he calls "selective censorship," Ald. Anthony Napolitano also is criticizing the city's refusal to remove from the city-owned Cultural Center a puppet display display titled ...
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A member of the cultural group suggested the Sons of Italy in upstate New York, and the private group agreed to accept the statue. It was re-installed in July 2024 and rededicated two months later ...