Christopher Columbus Monument, New York
Credit: Marcel René Kalt alias Groovio (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
In Manhattan’s Columbus Circle, a 76-foot-tall monument commemorates the discoverer of the New World. The explorer has been attacked for despoiling supposedly idyllic indigenous civilizations (pay no attention to those Aztec piles of skulls!), but Mayor Bill de Blasio will allow the statue to remain after placement of new explanatory markers.
Published on: January 22, 2018