Three years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles west of the capital
In this photo provided by Johnston, R.I., Mayor Joseph Polisena, Jr., a statue of Christopher Columbus stands in a park Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Johnston, R.I. Three years after the statue was removed from a square in Providence, R.I., following protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd by police, the statue has re-emerged, this time in the park, in Johnston.
“It’s important and not just for Italian Americans. It’s American history. It’s world history, if you look at it from a historical perspective,” he said. The statue — which depicts Columbus pointing forward with his right arm while holding a globe in his left — will be formally unveiled on Monday. “You don’t have to be Indigenous to understand the harm that Christopher Columbus inflicted,” he said. “To see it go back up is really tone deaf to all the progress we made just three years ago.”
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Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, re-emerges in nearby townThree years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles west of the capital.
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Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, re-emerges in nearby townThree years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles west of the capital.
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Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, re-emerges in nearby townThree years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles west of the capital. The sculpture had been targeted by vandals, at one point being splashed with red paint with a sign reading “Stop celebrating genocide” leaning against its pedestal. In 2020, the statue was removed. Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena said residents of his heavily Italian-American town are pleased to give the statue a new home. Critics say the memorial ignores a history of rape, murder and genocide.
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Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, re-emerges in nearby townThree years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles west of the capital.
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Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, R.I., re-emerges in nearby town | WBUR NewsThree years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston. Critics say the memorial ignores a history of rape, murder and genocide.
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Rhode Island’s highly criticized Columbus statue re-emerges in nearby town after being removed 3 years agoA statue of Christopher Columbus, which was removed from Providence, Rhode Island, following heavy criticism and vandalism three years ago, has re-emerged in a nearby town.
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