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In 1999, the director of the Massachusetts Historical Society published an op-ed in the Boston Globe calling for the statue to be removed, noting that Boston has no historical connection to Christopher Columbus. He suggested restoring the park to commemorate its historical use as a fishing wharf.
11 lut 2022 · Individuals have vandalized the waterfront park monument at least five times since 2004. The most recent act of vandalism was on June 9, 2020. On that day, the statue’s head was forcibly detached and damaged. The City removed the statue on June 11 and placed it in storage.
10 cze 2020 · The head of a statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston's North End has been removed and now the entire statue is going to be put in storage amid rising calls for an end to racism nationwide. The vandalism occurred at some point overnight.
11 cze 2020 · BOSTON (CBS) – The city of Boston removed the damaged statue of Christopher Columbus from a North End park Thursday morning, a day after it was beheaded by vandals.
11 cze 2020 · BOSTON (AP) — The body of a beheaded Christopher Columbus statue was removed Thursday from a park in Boston’s historically Italian North End as the city continues to grapple with controversial landmarks thrown into the spotlight anew during a national reckoning over racism triggered by the killing of George Floyd.
12 cze 2020 · The submerged statue in Virginia has been removed from Fountain Lake and taken to an undisclosed location, parks and recreation department spokeswoman Tamara Jenkins tells the Richmond...
10 cze 2020 · BOSTON (CBS) – The Christopher Columbus statue in Boston's North End will be removed after it was beheaded early Wednesday morning. Mayor Marty Walsh said it will be put in storage and there will...
