At the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, a band of activists—primarily from indigenous-rights groups—had slung ropes around the neck of a statue of Christopher Columbus and pulled it down ...
Cue pigeon jokes. This is a story about statues. First things first. When I agreed to write about statues, I really didn’t know what the heck I was going to write about. How often does the ...
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 ...
A week later, the Grant Park Columbus statue was removed, to the cheers of people who said monuments to Columbus are insults ...
The return of the defaced Christopher Columbus statue, now standing proudly in Rockland County, offers a complex reflection on the interplay between art, heritage, and historical legacy. The ...
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 ...
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A decapitated statue of Columbus is seen at Christopher Columbus Park in Boston ...