A member of the cultural group suggested the Sons of Italy in upstate New York, and the private group agreed to accept the statue. It was re-installed in July 2024 and rededicated two months later ...

Centuries after his death, Christopher ... in the U.S., where statues of Columbus have become flashpoints for protests. In 2020, a statue of the explorer in Richmond, Virginia, was toppled ...

A decapitated statue of Columbus is seen at Christopher Columbus Park in Boston ... and another was dragged into a lake earlier in the week in Richmond, Virginia, according to local reports.