After years of controversy surrounding the original’s initial dumping into Baltimore’s harbor six years ago, a replica of a Christopher Columbus sculpture was placed on the White House grounds on ...
The president has condemned efforts to take down statues of Columbus and other historical figures, saying the removals are an “assault on our collective national memory.” ...
The original statue was toppled by racial justice protestors in Baltimore in 2020 and the local Italian American community raised thousand of dollars to recreate it.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration is moving toward installing a Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds, seeking to recognize ...
The statue of the explorer, a replica of one that protesters toppled in 2020, was placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.