Some Chicago aldermen are renewing efforts to reinstall statues, including monuments of Christopher Columbus, that were ...
Condemning what he calls "selective censorship," Ald. Anthony Napolitano also is criticizing the city's refusal to remove from the city-owned Cultural Center a puppet display display titled ...
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 ...
At the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, a band of activists—primarily from indigenous-rights groups—had slung ropes around the neck of a statue of Christopher Columbus and pulled it down ...
The Chicago alderman said the city has defended other controversial artwork and feels the monuments should receive the same treatment.