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Crews Cover South Philadelphia Columbus Statue, Crowd Rallies for Police Capt.
A box was put around the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia’s Marconi Plaza and work trucks were parked nearby.
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Los Angeles Votes to Replace Columbus Day with ‘Indigenous Peoples Day' by 2019
Both the city and county of Los Angeles have plans to officially cancel Christopher Columbus Day by 2019, but signs of the change were already on display Monday, Oct. 9 in Grand Park, where a statue of the explorer was surrounded by a chain-link fence.
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Columbus Statues in Connecticut Vandalized
Statues of Christopher Columbus in Middletown and New Haven were found vandalized Sunday.
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Indigenous Peoples Day? Italians Say Stick With Columbus
Is it time to say “arrivederci” to Christopher Columbus? A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with Los Angeles in August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian explorer and instead recognize victims of colonialism. Austin, Texas, followed suit Thursday....
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In Dispute Over Statues, Where Do You Draw the Line?
It’s not just about Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The national soul-searching over whether to take down monuments to the Confederacy’s demigods has extended to other historical figures accused of wrongdoing, including Christopher Columbus (brutality toward native Americans), the man for whom Boston’s Faneuil Hall is named (slave trader) and former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo (bigotry). Historians interviewed by...
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