| Statue of Christopher Columbus | |
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 The statue in August 2020 | |
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| Subject | Christopher Columbus |
| Location | Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 41°33′19″N73°02′47″W / 41.55529°N 73.0463°W | |
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1984. [1] It was decapitated in July 2020 amid protests. [1]
The Columbus monument was repaired in December 2020, it cost $8,800 to repair the statue. One person was arrested for the decapitation after he was found trying to sell Columbus's nose online. [2]
Frank Chalfant Gaylord II was an American sculptor best known for "The Column", a sculptural tableau of United States soldiers and sailors which is part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
An outdoor 1992 bronze sculpture of Christopher Columbus by Joe Incrapera was installed in Houston's Bell Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was later removed in 2020 after a history of vandalism.
Christopher Columbus, or simply Columbus, is a 1955 sculpture by Edoardo Alfieri, originally installed outside Columbus, Ohio's City Hall, in the United States. The statue was unveiled in 1955, celebrating Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World. It was removed in July 2020, in light of the explorer's abusive relationship with indigenous Americans.
The Monument to Christopher Columbus was a statue on a major traffic roundabout along Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, first dedicated in 1877.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, in Boston's North End, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. On June 11, 2020, the statue was removed for an undisclosed period after it was decapitated by protestors on the evening of June 9, 2020 during the George Floyd protests.
A bronze statue of Christopher Columbus was installed on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1931. The 10-foot statue was created by Italian American Carlo Brioschi.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It was produced by the sculptor Egidio Giaroli in Rome, and was cast and molded in the Italian city of Pistoia. The statue was unveiled on October 12, 1957, and was removed in June 2020, its status and future currently is unclear, and its impromptu removal controversial and the subject of political debate.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Pioneer Park, San Francisco, California.
A statue of Christopher Columbus is installed in Bridgeport, Connecticut's Seaside Park, in the United States.
A statue of Christopher Columbus stood in Camden, New Jersey, United States. The memorial was removed in June 2020. Levi Coombs III, pastor of the nearby First Refuge Progressive Baptist Church, stated that residents had called for the removal of the statue for 40 years but been ignored until the aftermath of the George Floyd protests. Camden Mayor Frank Moran stated, "There were a lot of atrocities toward the human beings that were on the island of Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands by this individual, and I believe [the statue] is and was offensive to all people of color, whether black or brown."
A statue of Christopher Columbus by Mario Zamora was installed in Chula Vista, California's Discovery Park, in the United States. The statue has been vandalized multiple times. It was removed and placed into storage in June 2020.
The Middletown, Connecticut Christopher Columbus statue was a memorial to Columbus that was installed in the city's Harbor Park. The sculpture was donated to the city in 1996 by the Italian American Civic Order, the Italian Society of Middletown and local Italian-American families.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Columbia, South Carolina, United States as part of the Columbus Quincentenary. The memorial was removed and placed into storage in June 2020.
In 1884, a statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The dedication inscription on its base read: “The XIX Centurÿ to Christopher Columbus 1884.”
A statue of Christopher Columbus by the sculptor Giovanni Polizzi formerly stood in Columbus Park, in Buffalo, New York.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was a memorial in Washington Park in Newark, New Jersey within the James Street Commons Historic District. It was made in Rome by Giuseppe Ciochetti and presented to the city by Newark's Italians in 1927. The statue was removed by the city in June 2020 to prevent its toppling in a Black Lives Matter protest.
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