Statue of Christopher Columbus (Newark, New Jersey)

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Statue of Christopher Columbus
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The statue in March 2020
Statue of Christopher Columbus (Newark, New Jersey)
Subject Christopher Columbus
Location Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates 40°44′36.43″N74°10′11.61″W / 40.7434528°N 74.1698917°W / 40.7434528; -74.1698917
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Base after statue removal

A statue of Christopher Columbus was a memorial in Washington Park (now Harriet Tubman Square) 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. [1] [2] [3] [4] The statue was removed by the city (with pedestal left in place) in June 2020 to prevent its toppling in a Black Lives Matter protest. [5]

A second statue of Columbus in Newark, also ordered removed by Mayor Ras Baraka, was subsequently re-erected in Sussex County, New Jersey. [6]

The pedestal of the statue was removed in 2022 in preparation for the installation of A Shadow of a Face , a memorial to Harriet Tubman. [7] The outline of the statue's plinth is inscribed on the ground as part of the new monument. As of October 2020, the statue was being stored on a vacant city lot in Newark's North Ward. [8] In April 2024 the city made an arrangement to loan the statue to St Lucy's church in Newark for the statue to be displayed there for a period of 20 years. [9]

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  5. NJ.com, Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for (2020-06-26). "Another Christopher Columbus statue removed from N.J. city park". nj. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  6. "Italian-Americans Still Divided over Columbus as Newark Statue Relocated to Sussex County". 11 October 2021.
  7. "A New Monument Honoring Harriet Tubman". 15 June 2021.
  8. NJ.com, Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for (2020-10-09). "City said Columbus statue it took down was in storage. It's outside, in a vacant lot, on the ground". nj. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  9. "Columbus statue removed from N.J. Park in 2020 to be loaned to church". 10 April 2024.