Italian-American residents are criticizing a settlement between the Chicago Park District and the Joint Civic Committee of Italians Americans to move a Christopher Columbus statue indoors after it ...

AmeriFlora’s final day was Oct. 12, 1992 – Columbus Day. Despite a great deal of effort, AmeriFlora had mixed results. Only about half the anticipated visitors, 2 million of the forecasted 4 ...

What People Are Saying. President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post in 2018: "Christopher Columbus's spirit of determination & adventure has provided inspiration to generations of ...

President Trump declared on Sunday that he would bring “Columbus Day back from the ashes” and reinstate its celebration as a holiday. “I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same ...

Rather than Columbus, an Italian American will be honored at Arrigo Park, according the Park District. Onesti said this statue would depict "a person of Italian descent such as Mother Cabrini." ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson defended the decision Tuesday to permanently remove Christopher Columbus statues from two Chicago parks as an effort to show “our collective humanity.” The Grant Park and ...